476  Acquirement  of  Drug  Habits.  {A™"ctXrS;m* 
increasing  or  decreasing,  and  how  the  habits  were  acquired.  In 
response  thereto  we  received  thirty-four  responses  on  the  postal 
cards  and  quite  a  number  of  reports  of  various  institutions. 
The  reports  which  we  couid  use  in  the  statistics  of  sales  numbered 
only  ninety-one  and  the  figures  can  only  be  used  for  certain  compar- 
ative deductions.  It  would  be  unreasonable  to  assume,  because  we 
have  a  greater  number  of  habitues  reported  from  Texas  and  a  greater 
number  of  reports,  that  more  of  the  drugs  are  used  there  than  else- 
where because  of  the  circumstance,  and  the  same  reasoning  will  apply 
with  other  figures ;  but  of  that  more  hereafter.  We  have  received 
additional  reports  from  States  not  in  the  list ;  but  as  the  time  is 
approaching  when  our  report  must  be  complete  (July  27th),  and  for 
the  further  reason  that  they  do  not  change  any  of  the  conclusions, 
we  omit  them.  Before  proceeding  to  a  tabulation  of  the  reports 
from  asylums,  etc.,  we  wish  to  use  some  of  the  remarks  made  in 
conjunction  with  reports  or  in  lieu  thereof : 
Alabama  reports  out  of  about  150  drug  habitues,  eight  with  heroin 
habit. 
Canada  reports  an  increasing  use  of  drugs  and  mentions  paregoric 
especially  on  account  of  being  exempted  in  the  law. 
Connecticut  reports  a  physician  who  has  treated  over  1,200  cases 
in  twenty-eight  years ;  fifty  per  cent,  were  addicted  to  morphine, 
thirty  per  cent,  to  opium  and  preparations  and  fifteen  per  cent,  to 
cocaine.    The  cases  were  not  confined  to  Connecticut. 
Georgia  report  says:  Almost  every  colored  prostitute  addicted 
to  cocaine;  another,  a  physician's  prescription  reading  cocaine  25 
cents'  worth. 
Indiana  reports  that  a  good  many  negroes  and  a  few  white  women 
are  addicted  to  cocaine. 
Maryland  reports  the  sale  of  cocaine  by  disreputable  physicians, 
the  purchase  by  a  retailer  of  #500  worth  in  six  weeks ;  of  a  small 
dealer  who  purchases  on  an  average  twenty-five  ounces  cocaine  per 
week. 
Michigan  reports  increasing  sale  to  negroes. 
Minnesota  reports  a  case  using  several  large  bottles  of  efferves- 
cing salts  per  week,  a  case  using  chloroform,  ether,  chloral,  cocaine 
and  morphine,  trional  users  among  the  theatrical  profession. 
Ohio  reports  sales  of  jobbers  to  a  lew  druggists  only  which  aggre- 
gate 600  ounces  cocaine  per  month. 
