Opium Eating in France.
Of all the vices which have grown and flourished apace during recent years in France, none has taken root with such tenacity as opium-eating (says the London " Express "). Opiumsmokers and opium-eaters are to day numbered in the large cities by thousands, and the absinthe fiend is slowly but surely giving way to the opium maniac, The Government has become alarmed at the situation, and it is proposed to fix on this drug an absolutely prohibitive import tariff. The two towns where this pernicious habit is most rampant are Marseilles and Toulon, and at the latter the state of things is equal to the worst corners of any Chinese town. There are whole streets where opium dens are to be found in every house. In these places of inquity, men, women, and children pass hours under the influence of the drug.
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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 347, 1 January 1903, Page 5
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144Opium Eating in France. Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 347, 1 January 1903, Page 5
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