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Show H'j '' THE NEW DRUG LAW BBf' 1 A stringent foderal law takes of- BBT ' feet March 1, controlling tho salo ot BH I habit forming drugs. Tho number BBt ' ot so called drug flonds in thTs coun- BBv- try Is estimated from 1,000,000 to 4,- BBy 000,000. It Is timo somothlng woro BBv) done to allovUto this national trag- BBf f. cdy. Tho haggard men ono so of- BBf ten sees may not bo the subject of !"" . normal physical docay, but tho victim vic-tim of tholr own tolly, which neods Bovoro restraint. Bw; Tho most brilliant men ofton form BH these habits. Tho phlegmatic porson HB capablo ot only mcdlocro work, takes BB lils dally task easily, and rarely feols BB. compelled to seek artificial stlmu- H lants. Hut It Is Uo man who could ff rlsa tho lilghost who also may sink BB) to tho lowost. BH Tho physicians who resort to this BH fatal support aro numerous. Often BflL thoy aro at tho top of tholr profes- BBT i ' Hion. Thoy havo tho peculiar nlert- BBVf noss ot mind that goes with tho nor- BBT vous temporamont, with marvelous BH'jl' ncuteness of perception and capacity, BH ' ); for swift Judgments. It Is this son- HH't ) " sltlvo naturo that tcols (.train mot M:. ' HH r-'i - JhHHHHb BBf ' BBBRhI soveroiy. It Is so easy for a doctor li brace himself with drugs for BOtne trying crdeal. Mant incturcrs of cocalno and other drugs promoto theso habits with shamolcss lack of scruple. Tho sample sam-ple of hcadacho powder that Is given giv-en away on tho street or thrown on your porch may contain dead'y nar-cotltJ. nar-cotltJ. Dcalo's In candles and soft drinks sometimes keep theso man killers. Iho closest shelf contains licadacho remedies a slight overdoso ot which wl'.l stop a person's heart. Whothor to law mcntlonod above is enforceable or not it Is too soon to Bay, but public sympathy will bo with Its punoso. am ' |