Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 April 1905 — Negroes Using Cocaine. [ARTICLE]

Negroes Using Cocaine.

The recent outbreak of crime in Jackson, Miss., is attributed by t.he i>olice to the increased use of cocaine by negroes. Until a year ago. it is claimed, the drug was unknown among them. Its consumption has now reached dangerous proportions and its users have become idlers, indifferent to punishment. The authorities are discussing a crusade against the sale of the drug, and it is probable thnt some drastic measures may be put in force to prevent its use among the negroes. The crusade will probably be run in connection with the war on vagrants now being waged by the police department.