DOPE.

Hokitika Guardian, 9 April 1923, Page 4

DOPE.

i!!v Leonora Myles in the Daiiy Mail.) LONDON. Feb. Wo Ul'. l ef II- dope on occasion. I i i ;• an that we lake cocaine or alii -her tilings, just as |.a ra-il-me io action. There l . the "IcaliM-„ ~ be v. uiits u much lor the •|l i-; -be.!'! ci it that he retires ~ c! (tophi. Dope peace !,;. ommbig hope- and dfsapi ■ ' h , ' n '• , '11,,.,,, i- the pi ids (lope. He wan. ~, b. Iti i 1 111 sounds and Innas ami o„!ours. His ear is jarred. Ids eye lol . tU i, ,j t, v ugliness all round him. ngliiie-s of i liings. ugliness of spirit. S.', lives la',,, a .beam of unreal m Lai hi ; -will de.- ires lie imagine • t,, pe.-s. And s O , lor a time, be is happy. Dope again—paralysing. ■pi:,.vc is Die ueuvotic's dnps. Some livtimi i. uevi r dare to beei'-me eon , j,,,, |; n! n v.ei'.k, educated wiLbolif con I age- or lit. often very sensitive and full of ideals, such a man has not t]„. ,be i -tnIT in bun to make hie . ; ,) 1... ; .bo- ii lie. So lie ret ires o.i , ... .|;cum oi seh-pity and pcrsceu- , ,on : |.e tells himself what b" eoitld li.it only people bad giien him I(lope • be i - quite happy 1 Then there is the hope necessary 1,1 ii:,. a, oi who --hr.ts himself in hi- own eiioi i-m. There are some -urh men who lit -rally dare not get quite sillier ; they must take alcohol or drugs beia„se tbej. taniiol fare the filings that {•!(•;•.:•-siglilfd lull iaekiug courage or t j .. teeioiique oi life : i haniiing, olleii. no tbo mu fine, t :, v incur human ve-spell-abilities they ciinii.it m> : lue.\ demand love and can give none : they (lenian.l and ae. epl sevvice of ail sort s and vet uni none. (Tinscieiu e speaks to them, sternly felling them what they owe to their ivieil.b. and lovers. They ealin.it bear eonseieiK-e. So they deceive themselves by getting intoxicated or doped and Ham I Lime their friends for having "upset" them am! mad" the dopiii.i- iieeessarv to then* peace oi mind. There is no health of mind or peace I'iii- -mil people until they face . b.ei.iselves . |.airly, admifting failures, ivltenneas.'s. ;oid tie debts tley ""C other-. -lobii Lunyaii km v this when 1.,, i-iade ('bi'isiboi d-op hi- buii.lle |,,,.. bo eoiil.l go ally l:ii’i bet'. If Ihe dope-taker doe. not drop hi- burden, be* will keep on taking dope io la !|> Lint hour the agony of it. Tlvve Is anotber d..|ie. Hard work, solid, hill'll work ; the ".'arse. m t.lesslng. pni on liumaiiity in 1.-leii. Hard work is drug that brings health am! peace ; jt brill;.-' sweet sleep and quiet breathing. It brings no unpleasant, taste ail or it. You eau. as 1 Lev say, "lose yoitrscli " in if. And that: is the aim of doping. Hr ibe aim of love. Or the aim of religion.