TRADE IN DRUGS.
HUGE SPREAD IN AMERICA.
NEW YORK, February 20.
The narcotic bureau of the Police Department announce that there are approximately 15,000 drug addicts in New Yorit. There were 2669 persons arrested in 1926, 90 per cent, of whom had criminal records ranging up to homicide. Only 10 per cent, of the users of narcotics are women. A group of three millionaire financiers arranges the importation of the drugs into America, and these, very much adulterated, are sold to addicts at exorbitant prices. Heroin sells at 35 dollars an ounce, cocaine at 40 dollars in tho streets of the city. The use of drugs is by no means limited to criminals. Many persons of high social standing, well educated, and possessing notable intellectual attributes, are among the addicts. It is concluded that misdirected curiosity is the most frequent cause of the drug habit.—(A. and N.Z.)
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Wairarapa Age, 22 February 1927, Page 5
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147TRADE IN DRUGS. Wairarapa Age, 22 February 1927, Page 5
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