Show BLAME PLACED ON physicians growth of drug habit in united states alleged to oe be due to opiates ordered in prescriptions that 09 per cent cont nt f nil all tho the cocaine and morphine manufactured in this country la Is used by persons who nho have liae formed tho the drug habit through ghyst clans proscriptions Is the startling statement sta mado made by dr L I 1 kebler nobler chief of tho the dh islon of drugs depart of agriculture this statement concerning the appalling appall ln growth ol 01 drug addiction in tho the united states u was as mado made by dr nobler in an address at washington beforce tho the american society for tho the study of alcohol and narcotics dr nobler Is quoted by papers as having declared that drug using had increase increased per cent in the last 40 bears ears and that american medical men were mere not discriminating enough in their use of opiates their overindulgence to their patients he said Is creating thousands of drug users every year it Is a very sad thing to say that oui out physicians aro are doing the greatest work cork in promoting tho the uso use of cocaine and morphine said tho the doctor state laws jams aro are not saving the public from tho the grip of tho the drug habit and the american public Is sinking tighter and tighter into the black abyss of tho the mor morphine phino and cocaine fiend tho the worst of it Is that the imbor tation of opium into the country Is becoming larger and larger sear by year I 1 have heard it said on reliable authority that 89 99 per cent of the cocaine and morphine manufactured in this country Is used by persons who have formed tho the halila through doctors prescriptions almost simultaneously with dr neb lers address dr J A patterson at grand rapids michigan in a public statement said that 19 out of every 20 patients who mho como come to an institution with which he if Is connected for treatment ment for tho the drug habit 00 owe oo their downfall to physicians prescriptions |