OPIUM SMOKING LEGALISED
AFTER FIFTEEN YEARS' PROHIBITION, (By Eleotri". Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Auatraliar, & N.Z. Gable Aiuoclation.) (Rec. Oct. 9. 10.10 a.m.) PEKIN, Oct. 8. The Government, desperately needing funds, has-legalised opium smoking after 15 years' prohibition. Dealers and smokers are permitted to register names on the payment of a. tax at a specially established •bureau. Thousands of .smokers and dealers are complying and doing business openly.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 9 October 1926, Page 7
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