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prelude to the pipe
to drink
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decoction of
opium water, but in no other cases. It is generally understood that the eating
of opium is more injurious than the
smoking of it, but the difference is
relative and not actual.
5. The
6.
great majority of Opium
in Hong Kong
consumers
are
moderate consumers
and
a small minority
only opium sots:
It is not correct to
say
that there cannot be
such a
thing
as moderation
in the
consumption of
opium. Numerous cases
might be adduced
which
have
taken their opium for
years