TAKING OF DRUGS
(N.Z.P.A.-Reuter—Copyright) LONDON, Oct. 15.
A drug pusher could kill an unwary addict he wanted out of the way by giving him an overdose, an anonymous writer in the medical weekly, the “Lancet,” said.
The writer said variations in potency and purity of illegal preparations left the addict unable to know the strength of an individual “fix” —• and an unusually strong one could kill him. The article said a drugpusher In danger of detection might quickly dump his stock on the market in relatively unadulterated supplies—providing a possibly lethal bonus for his customers.
“And it is not unknown for a pusher deliberately to plan the murder of an awkward client by selling him an unexpectedly pure preparation,” the writer said.
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Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31501, 16 October 1967, Page 13
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