OPIUM PARTIES "QUITE THE THING."
NEW YORK, Feb, B.—Opium, par ties are quite the thing these days among the. rich of New York is the report of Hi: .Carleton -Simon, head of the police narcotic squad, ,- • He said his men had' evidence of an alarming 'increase in the
use of the drug, by residents of higlielass'apartments,"'wJio ilivite in their friends. ' Runners 'from the underworld bring the supplies. These .apartments can not be broken into like the "hop joint'' ( of old, ,so the police: face greater'difficulties than ever in controlling the,, new fad, Dr. Simon said;
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 15773, 14 March 1922, Page 5
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95OPIUM PARTIES "QUITE THE THING." Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 15773, 14 March 1922, Page 5
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