Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 165, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 July 1919 — USE OF NARCOTICS IS INCREASING IN COUNTRY. [ARTICLE]

USE OF NARCOTICS IS INCREASING IN COUNTRY.

Nation-wide use of narcotic drugs for other than 'legitimate medical purposes steadily increases despite vigorous efforts in the last four years in ithe enforcement of the federal law, was discovered. by the treasury’s special investigating committee which submitted a final report recently. The number of drug addicts in the United States was estimated to be in excess of 1,000,000. The committee found that imports of opium into the United States have slightly increased.