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as
comparison however that
they
would draw
would
undoubtedly be to the effect that the opium habit is the
less
injurious
of the two.
10. They certainly
can
do
so and frequently do.
There would be
little
difficulty
in obtaining opium from China and this
is what
they
would do. They would
not
take to alcohol,
though they
would if
permitted take to morphine.
They
would not abstain
altogether
as long
it
is possible for them to obtain opium elsewhere. And in the absence of opium they would have
re course...