Big Increase In Use Of Heroin
LONDON, Jan 6 (Recd. 10pm).—In i its first post-war report, the permanent Central Opium Board says an alarming increase in the use of heroin constitutes a grave problem, states the “Daily Telegraph’s’ Geneva correspondent Despite a warning issued in 1931, 12 of the 22 countries which are the heaviest users of the drug have Increased the consumption since 1936. Among the worst offenders are New Zealand and Australia.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 7 January 1949, Page 6
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