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in conformity with the Treaty of Peaco of Versailles and the. Hague Convention, which had been! ratified by this country. The first difficulty in the way of carrying cat this policy was the financial one. opium revenue was over 20 million ticala If they could find a substitute they would not be sorry to lose that revende nor to gain the benefits which would arise from the suppression of opium. (applause). He
representative of the Siamese Red
upon the abuse of opium and er noxious babit-forming drugs
well 63 alcohol- should be given a prominent place in
ogramme of popular health instruc- a which may be adopted for use in hools and among the juvenile popul, lation of all countries where such ab-d use is prevalent. To this end the National Red Cross Societies should be requested to give all the assistance in their power, and the League of Nations should be asked to obtain from ;its members material and moral coun-Cross, not of the Government, and was tenance and support for their Red giving his personal view. Although Cross Societies in carrying out this Sism is an independent country, yet under the treaties with the foreign important work."
[The reference to alcohol was added later on the auggestion of Mr MoElderry ].
reason
Whe
she cannot make any changes
Customs tariff without their: it. This restriction on her power
her jcrease
revenue js one which
this.
Dr. Robert expressed regret that
deter May Dr. Le Roy des Barres had not yet! arrived, and concurred in the views country from putting into force the. expressed in the resolution.
registration of smokers—the only Captain Bhandari made an interest-easure by which eventual suppres-. ing speech on the position in India. son can be attained. The second There the intelligentia, he said, are in obstacle in the way of suppression is favour of the ultimate suppression of smuggling from neighbouring and opium. The dumb masses cannot exhere would be ineffective unless neigh- other countries. Any steps taken
prose opinion, but there were many at expressions that went to show at the user of opium is distrusted d looked down upon.
It was true
users
verging on politics
bouring countries took the same. steps-Siam not being ⚫ producing country. The third obstacle is the There were other popular expressions want of control over sales by certain associating opium with happiness foreign subjects under extra-territorial, just as the drinking of atechol is asso-jurisdiction.
The Chairman; I am afraid you are ciated with wishes for health and bap- piness but these originated from the
of opium
themselves, not!
Phya Chinda said it was none the from the body of the people.: lens a real internal difficulty. (applause) i |In India smoking is indulged ini Mr. McElderry said he concurred only in dens and unclean places by in the terms of the provisional resolu the lowest people, but eating is to betion but he suggested that alcohol found among all classes. It was not, should be mentioned therein in addi- however, prevalent in every part of tion to opium and other habit-forming India, and he was convinced a great drugs. There was a real danger in deal could be doneo check abuse by substituting alcohol for opium. In the education and propagands.
report on the F. M. S. Lunatic Asylum Dr. Sato and Dr. von Römer also for 1921, it was stated that malaria. spoke and handed in reports. The takes the first place as's cause of latter explained the opium policy in lunacy with 77 appearances; in 1919 force in the Dutch. Fast Indies.
it took only fourth place. Disesses! Paya Chindmys said the of the gastro-intestinal system took policy of this country was one of second place with 51 appearances; y
suppression, providing for philia, third place with 44; and alcohol,
use of the drug in'fourth place with 36. In 1919 alco preparations, and the dele-hol took third place. Only two cases would
from see
the report: were attributed to the abuse of opium. them what had been done Many Chinese were being deprived of to get absolute control of opium. the opium to which they had been There were the Opium Law of the accustomed, and they turned to alco- your B. E 2464, the Morphine and hol-usually bad alcohol at that Comine Act, and the Harmful Habit Forming Drugs Law which had been. ‡drafted and was in the hands of ■; revising committee.” In there