| Show OPIUM IN DIVERSE FORMS devotees of the drug choose various ways of obtain ng its effects consumers of opium are pot all ot of the sa ne kind there are slaves of the pipe slaves of the syringe and slav sla es of the powder that Is swallowed to riv surcease of 0 pain or ot of mental coiry there are those who take the drug dru in the form of a medicinal prep such as laudanum paregoric a and n d t the h e e extract at r a ct 0 of f la laudanum u nu m th those ose who smoke it and inhale ast dst the fumes into 1 n t 0 t the h e 1 lungs n g s a and n d th those 0 e v ho ta take ke c injections of morphia the claib the smokers comprise tha the largest number of victims dr celifie of the new york city hos pitt estimates that tully fully SO 30 people in anat city are addicted to the opium habit in 10 some form the annual sale of opium in vermont Is equivalent according to the doctor to a grain for every adult in thi state an amount obviously tar far greater than can be ac counted tor for by its consumption tor for medicinal purposes some slaves of the drug take it regularly every day others have periodical sprees similar to those of the alcoa ol 01 drinker |
