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Hopeless The annual report of the Shani branch of the International Anti Opium Association has just been issued, and itz M pages of closely typed information comprise a most complete review of opium and nar-cetic conditions in that This branch, Whose President. the pavineial" governor, Yen Hsi shan, and has secured the co-opera tion of all the Governor's officials in the province, has done excellent Toial prohibition "of every nar-octic exists throughout the province ie possible to prevent the entry her of opium or the far re destructive} morphia pills, 1 ernor Yen and his province could he "saved! from their neighbours" freedom from drug destruction could easily be accomplished, but at present one san only offer congratulations for the measure of success achieved under gigantic difficulties, jovernment Curing Houses The report deals wits 69 individual hsiens eny oral of 116: slews i th and the details number of opium and drug-users, smugglers, and persons cured inthe "Govern. ment Curing Houses," are supplied by the hsien yamens or the sub: of a plication of organized prohibition in the 1 at the number of users and morphia pills not imagine what anis In pro: restriction ie absent ix encouraged. Take district such ax Tai Ning from which reports are returned concert ime 2 vious; here nearly 26000 ersuns have heh inthe curl house during the year, whilst near= Ty 10,000 traffickers have been offcially dealt with. The success wed by the various of this district ix not as one would with, but this valine fact thi I takers, ud 9 lone morphia supply available! we know from_statisties in oth; countries that 75 per cent, of the victims revert to the habit after the most prolonged cure, A much higher Jeures is recorded percentage of 000 in the curing views of Yen Men not chinan pill
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