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hardship to peracns addicted to the drug to be deprived of their usual dose, the Government was compelled to increase the fixed quantities. The epium experted to China was, of course, smuggled cut, and it is hardly necessary to say that the detection of cutward smuggling is as difficult as that of opium being smuggled in. The Government fully realized ita cbligation under the Hague Convention and did its best to stop the practice. The old opium laws, however, made ne provision for the prohibition of expert of Government
plum, and ornvictions in the Courts could not be obtained. Nevertheless, many cases ef experts wore detected and stopped by the Customs authorities. (See table II. Annex IV.).
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In the matin, although the Luropean "ar had necessarily caused opium to ocasu te figure as an interna- tional questioradual suppression
the Government had not been idle in pursuing its polfoy of
and had taken tho
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next stop indicatud, viz., that of discountinuing the farming system of sale entirely. The new arrangement came int● opur- ation in B.E. 2461 (1918 - 19), when the Sub-Farmure clased te exist their plaous buing baken by the Revenue officials
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in every Amphur (District effiour) and inor.asus in staff buing mado where necessary. This additional staff, covering
the whole kingdom, involved a considerable expendituri, but it was easily covered by the profits of one teal pur tamlung, which formerly accrued to the sub-Farmer, Vidu als para.II.
21.
At the same time.various other changes vore ma du in the mathod of sale, with the object er gaining contrel ●vor retailers and smekurs. For instance, all retailers of cpiam were requirud te ebtain their stocks from the Nai Amphur and they were allowed to rutail the drug for consumption en their promises only. Pursens addicted to epium ceuld, there- forç, ordinarily smoku enly in licensed premises; excuptions were made in the case of individuals of standing tho desired to smok at home, but they had te register themselves and take out licensus to do so. The license ras in the form of a pass book in which the purchase of the liounce ras entered,
the and the Nai Amphur ras required to fix in each case, quantity which could be so purchased. Smokers were thus divided into tro o tugorius, those rho had to smoke in llounsed promisus, and thos licensed to smoke at home. ot juot c thus provisions as to give greater facilities for inspection and control, andto any rith the promiscuous smoking in out-of-thu-ray places which was thin prevalent. This promiscuous smoking is one of the most fruitful onusus of young men taking to the habit of smcking oplum.
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