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'The picture of the morphinomaniac, lurid and depressing though it is, is but a feeble, hazy outline beside that of the cocaine madman. Delusions and hallucinations are not far removed from downright insanity, and, according to all observers with the largest experience, these unfortunates, if not saved from themselves by having their liberty taken 'from them before it is too late, become insane, and, when insane, the great tendency is towards suicide_ Insanity more frequently follows the cocaine habit than any other drug habit.

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Evening Star, Issue 18052, 21 August 1922, Page 6

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Untitled Evening Star, Issue 18052, 21 August 1922, Page 6

Untitled Evening Star, Issue 18052, 21 August 1922, Page 6