The morphia pill habit is rapidly growing in China for the reasons above stated namely its cheapness and increased narcotic; it cannot be jeontrolled because of the ease with which an individual can aver ete large quantities of morphia on his person, and the public would never, submit to the minute personal examination necessary to detect it. A pound of morphia can be readily sold China at prices varying from $400 to $600 whilst the purchasing price about one-tenth of this sum, hence the fureoated male and ternals [boot-leggers who trip back and forth on the railways can carry upon themselves such quantities as are beyond all possible detection and yet which, bring enormous profits Some people defend the use of opium in moderation; positively ne one defends the morphia habit. At the League of Nations there is absolute agreement on the destructive effect of morphia. Surely during 1g Session of their present convention they ought to arrive at some unanimous decision to lessen manufacture, for the morphia traffic is relentlessly destructive and only xists for the purpose of financial gain.
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