THE PERNICIOUS DRUG
NEW YORK'S VICTIMS. (**Tin]e»"-Sydney "3un" Special C»bl«.) NEW YORK, January i' 3. It is estimated that there are 15,000 cocaine and morphine victims in New York, many amongst the poorest classes. Nearly half tlio inmates of the prisons aro drug-takers, and onethird of the rerious crimes committed are traceable to the habit.
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Press, Volume L, Issue 14884, 26 January 1914, Page 7
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55THE PERNICIOUS DRUG Press, Volume L, Issue 14884, 26 January 1914, Page 7
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