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without
years apparent injury to themselves. It is generally believed that the wealthy and well to do who smoke the best opium do with less danger to themselves than the poorer classes who smoke inferior opium. The former smoke the drug carefully prepared from the raw article.
The latter smoke opium prepared from the ashes left from the smoking of the superior drug. These ashes are known as dross opium, and the drug prepared from it as dross opium.
I have instances of moderate consumption which can be authenticated if