Present Position of the Opium Smoking Habit in India. Part II
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In a previous paper we have given an account of the incidence of the opium smoking habit in India. We carried out a general survey of the occurrence of this habit in different provinces and by extensive work in the field collected statistics with regard to the approximate number of addicts in each province. In this paper we propose to deal with the preparations used for smoking, the methods of smoking, the types of persons addicted to this habit, and the control exercised by the state in suppressing this habit-
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