DOPE TRAFFIC IN PARIS
DOCTORS AND CHEMISTS SENT TO PRISON
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PARIS, July 22. The dope traffic trial resulted in all the doctors and chemists being found guilty of delivering practically unlimited quantities of morphine and other drugs. The court declined to accept the defence that the. doctors and chemists acted with a. view to enabling the victims of the drug habit to liberate themselves from their vices. Doctor Raoul Regnier was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment, two other doctors to six months each, two to three months each, and three others, including a woman doctor, were fined. One chemist was sentenced to l six months, and another to four months. Thirty-nine drug takers were sentenced to terms of imprisonment ranging from three to ten months and fines of 1000 to 3000 francs.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 24 July 1923, Page 5
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140DOPE TRAFFIC IN PARIS Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 24 July 1923, Page 5
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