Show sh short 0 rt story dope goes up use goes down high cost of illicit drugs indicate stoppage of supply in U S washington the peddlers price tor for narcotics is up and federal agents see signs sighs that their tightening grip Is cutting off the traffic in habit forming drugs high prices for illicit drugs said narcotics commissioner harry J anslinger indicate the effectiveness of agents in stopping the supply shortly after april raids in Kansas city resulted in 58 indictments he related narcotics became so scarce on the west coast that ro robberies of drug stores and forgery of doctors prescriptions increased anslinger declared our prosecution in kansas city appears to have cut off an important source of supply tor for the distributors tribu tors the price of morphine in san Fr francisco incisco has more than doubled the dealers and their customers must be desperate it if they are resorting to robbery and forgery another sign of the tighter blockade on narcotics he be asserted was the attempt of oriental producer sto slip narcotics into america on the east coast thus they sought to get around thousands of guards watching the west coast an arrest in norfolk va disclosed closeman ClO sedan van attempt to ship opium in barrels of vegetable oil via seattle to norfolk the treas narcotics informants informs ants scattered around the world had tipped off the shipment when the barrels reached norfolk they were put under a fluoroscope like an xray X ray it showed the secret containers inside about coast guardsmen guardsman guards men and customs agents work with the narcotics agents in the treas fight against the evil meanwhile a worldwide world wide alde survey showed anslinger said that while the laws effectiveness against the narcotics traffic had inc increased ceased in most nations widespread drug addiction was reported among japanese soldiers in conquered portions of china this was the information anslinger brought back from a meeting of the opium advisory committee of the league of nations for diplomatic reasons the federal men will not give their own opinions of japans part in the narcotics problem but the league group which japan boycotted this year has charged the oriental nation with promoting narcotics distribution among the chinese to weaken their resistance |