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J. Opin.
Opium is commonly consumed by the Chinese in our Colony.
2. About 10% of the adult males of the Chinese community are consumers of opium. Some Chinese women also consume opium, but there are only a few of them. Children do not consume opium.
3. As a rule, the Chinese consumers of opium are inactive, and their bowels are costive. However, there are exceptions to this rule. The opium habit does not affect the consumers socially.
4. The Chinese consumers smoke opium. They do not eat opium nor do they drink a decoction of opium.
5. The majority of the Chinese consumers of opium eventually become opium slaves.
6. It is incorrect to say that there cannot be such a thing as moderation in the consumption of opium. I know of cases of consumers who have taken opium for years without harm to themselves. I myself have taken opium for the last 30 years and am as strong and healthy as ever.
7. A large number of Chinese labourers and artisans consume opium. As they have regular hours for smoking their opium, the opium habit cannot have such, if any, effect on their efficiency in their calling.
8. The Chinese as a race are moderate drinkers of alcohol. Therefore, it is not in my power to say what effect the alcohol habit will have on them.
9. The habit of consuming opium is condemned as vicious by the general opinion of the Chinese. Of the two evils, the opium habit and the alcohol habit, they would choose the former.
10. Consumers of opium can, and some of them do, break themselves off...
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C.O.2956
[R19FF94]
A-Zk74A
J. Opin.
Opium is commonly consumed by the Chinese in our Colony.
2. About 10% of the adult males of the Chinese community are consumers of opium. Some Chinese women also consume opium, but there are only a few of them. Children do not consume opium.
3. As a rule, the Chinese consumers of opium are inactive, and their bowels are costive. However, there are exceptions to this rule. The opium habit does not affect the consumers socially.
4. The Chinese consumers smoke opium. They do not eat opium nor do they drink a decoction of opium.
5. The majority of the Chinese consumers of opium eventually become opium slaves.
6. It is incorrect to say that there cannot be such a thing as moderation in the consumption of opium. I know of cases of consumers who have taken opium for years without harm to themselves. I myself have taken opium for the last 30 years and am as strong and healthy as ever.
7. A large number of Chinese labourers and artisans consume opium. As they have regular hours for smoking their opium, the opium habit cannot have such, if any, effect on their efficiency in their calling.
8. The Chinese as a race are moderate drinkers of alcohol. Therefore, it is not in my power to say what effect the alcohol habit will have on them.
9. The habit of consuming opium is condemned as vicious by the general opinion of the Chinese. Of the two evils, the opium habit and the alcohol habit, they would choose the former.
10. Consumers of opium can, and some of them do, break themselves off...