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Show MY CONFESSION r !By a Woman Drug Addict I L 1 am a nurse 3 years old. a widow . h "r I h i'. been a nior- I bine addict for more than 20 years. I ' son was born an addict, but I j End i In ba : h od the only hfffHi t. " 1 - to me, when addiction W W"h.-n i was 2 0 i became 111 with i M.'i- ! i a 1 'mpllcation of In- I ml irouble. I was sick for thrf-I thrf-I B...r nj h id many treatments, and I Be illy had to be operated on. ' morphine, but ! u . - 1. 1;. n .'i'h to rause com- "! n nbiit ti.in n'1. the ;. -t attack,! Bfl in r. months. w i ho morphine i Bfl It the tlmo of the oporation. They JOCli '-'ire.! n e i-.-r a ill power and I irned me not to let the morphin-f morphin-f i : ' -i mc J never had an lOTTOi . except relief I I Bom suffering- But the damage was iL H-oJj dr., lilt V, hen they stopped the morphine A p becam a wreck I could not jtjea n. .: j I ws.s without morphine for two i pr three u. :,,- I'.nni. w.-'i.-. n ,E:nounesB and sleeplessness were Wv.-ing me itis-n-i- l had to have 'j pll'f I though, 1 .-o j 1 J tako mor- J feh:no In VDllr.i'A ri ui i ef r I nir unit I Bull when I was well. I married before I fully realised (W ;I rat Mi ll. t..-d When I finally found I put Uiat I could not stop the mor-khlne mor-khlne 1 wa nearl wild v. nh suffer- ins. My husband and 1 talked It vw and he finally Insisted I must 1 ptop trying to dr, .vit.hout It. BABY is B(R CURSED. ft Thon . m in . arch for some Idoclor who would sae me. V'e tried ' rJ tried, without success and then lb v,a- hi.n n He wa a fal healthy looking baby 1 -fn suddenly i In nurse wouldn t 1'' r;. '. .i, i kn. v something w rone I got up out of bed and went to 1 I'm. He waa blu and drawn and Iwkfccl as if he were d: Ing He looked BM the way 1 did when 1 needed 1 fcerphlni : V t,-,r f)lf. ,ioctor and told J., B'.ai .,.Jr tears The baby seemed " k. be dying aiol the doctor gave him a ""f . .t i : . . .i . 1 : -.. nd In - " .i telnuUv he wa? fin- and uUlt. wllh ,q. t'-od ., Ml ., heal! hy look. ! born a mor- t."np addi.-t U" ' bad the mo Leas of. kll I. kK m, - too And i " ' 11 nilnd l would ,a u'x" hi in son, 1 ; I it tore th h irl i i( ol to ae waj he su rrei id. He would dfait 1 IP litu, log a i . I shriek n.n.d - n an. i . " P'tnsilf to d. u BAin KRY SI tt. l 1 !nsi.'. ihai i i hould not I Rny morphuii- exept just wheu 11 j PJfuld I . . , , crying Ho ! k but for 1 or I Pfconths hi I L ntu . it on n nd mj bal '-J an.i ... r : ' "' 1 t"1' ' .i R,Jt now I . . i : i . I 'I ha' r.1" ha;,,,, ., .,, me i P'y8 him ui . . iti in . . " I hap My to li mi. L 1 w , ii i. and s'-arciv I Wt ablr io work. though I used 1 i i on, ,i i ti.nr.. d I p'Jre I Whal i ,i ,. another operation. B'Jt . no hos- tAt I'M, .. ill I 1 ' W i w:-h i i,,, i j,. i j i . n I wa boi n Ijr that nr. -on h.,,1 died In thos--F'r"' awful days . I Addicts like me, accidentalj p' ' ' ' 1" lh" gn,. , r , r. . ible dl leasi jl P'Jnted like . n under prea ni PWf- Tl ,,U ir ,,, ., nol l now thai M0- "( u- ,re r rrlmlnaU at all. "ceni Int. . pr- I .thins of laws plnc-Kn(c plnc-Kn(c no.,,,,, ,,,,,, tratlon m the I R no med ddlctlon .P ihmu, for thousands ol M (Continued ou I'ac Two.) KJJ CONFESSION OF WOMAN SLAVE TO NARCOTICS (Continued from Page One) accidental addicts like mvself who now must have opiates to live. But things are easier for the crooks and degenorates who buy theh- drugs from peddlers. I am sorry I over registered as an addict under the law. I think I would be better off if I took chances Lulng morphine from peddlers Instead I am chained to one Job. to one doctor, i dare not leave tho city AH hours, because no other doctor doc-tor will prescribe for me I have had to refuse several fine positions because be-cause of that, 1 have to buy my drug every few days. I cannot get a supply ahead The expense is increasing all the time Until two years ago I could buy a week's supply for 65 cents. Then it was 90 ents a week That wasn't o bad. But now it costs mo SI 30 a day: I know the druggist doesn't want mo to como to him. any more than I want to I know he can't help charging me so much more than tho drurr used lo cost He'd rather not har- addiction prescriptions anvway. Everything is playins into the hands of tho peddlers. Out of the hysteria they are getting rich. The trouble is the public knows only about the underworld addict They class tho rest of us. honest and lawablding, with criminals Honest doctors are afraid to do anything for us, beyond what tho law allows. But we addicts long for freedom: We know that our only hope for escape from tho cruel chains of the) drug habit is through scientific study and research and adequato provision for tho Intelligent and sympathetic care of addicts. That Is why we hope Congress will study our situation carefully, so that ' we can look forward to cures when I possible, relief when addiction hu-s I progressed too far for a cure, and I prevention of uddlction at the out6et. |
