Excerpt from Report by W. L. Mackenzie King, C. M. G., Deputy Minister of Labour, on the Need for the Suppression of the Opium Traffic in Canada It is almost inconceivable that such a story should have found a place on any of the court records of this country, and yet I was told by one of the leading physicians of Vancouver that he has been shocked at the number Of cases Of women addicted to the habit which have come to his notice in the regular course of his practice during the past year. As for the Chinese, the casual ...
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Excerpt from Report by W. L. Mackenzie King, C. M. G., Deputy Minister of Labour, on the Need for the Suppression of the Opium Traffic in Canada It is almost inconceivable that such a story should have found a place on any of the court records of this country, and yet I was told by one of the leading physicians of Vancouver that he has been shocked at the number Of cases Of women addicted to the habit which have come to his notice in the regular course of his practice during the past year. As for the Chinese, the casual visitor to their quarter Of the city may see them in numbers at any hour of the night or day indulging in and under the influence Of this drug. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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