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Show HHRBKBaBaw HH 1 '' "" jnai 1'iiuiumi kaHiBH OPIUM IN DIVERSE FCMa. IHHbI t, LH 'Devotees i-thc Drteg Chocsc Various ' sBHH Ways of Obtaining ltd Effects. Hl ConsuiJMV.f oVntfuWd'IWtl-ot ' HH trie samo ;kfnd. Thcro'urt' HhtVoa of oiibbiibiH tho plpo, Blny? ofv tho- gylnpo and 9HH slaves of tho powder that Is swallowed IsiiBilHai to eIvo RtTrcchso of pain or of mental BaiiaiiaH woury. Thoro are thosfo who tako tho iiaaiBBl drug In tho form of a modlclnnl prep- bsbHbibiH aration, suchns Inudnnum, paregoric, ssssiBBBBaiBBBiBl nnd' tho oxtrhct of laudanum; thono isbbiibI who smoko lt and ltihhlo tho fumes sbbbbbbbbbbibibI Into tho lungs nnd tlioso who take hypodermic Injections of morphia. Tho jH sccjnd class tho smokers comprise 1 tho largest number of victims. H Dr. .lellffo of tho New York city hos- H pltnl cstlmntcs that fully 30,000 pcoplo H In that city nro nddlctcd to tho opium H habit In somo form. Tho annual salo H of opium In Vermont Is equivalent according to tho doctor, to a grain H for every adult In the stnto, an amount JK obviously far greater than can bo no- counted for by Its consumption for modlclnnl purposes. Somo slaves of tho drug tako It regularly every day; H others havo periodical sprcc3 similar. to thono of tho alcohol drlnkor. H |