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Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan
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In San Francisco, the opium habit is feared as much as liquor for creating criminals. The Daily Examiner reports nearly 10% of over 8,000 arrested in the first six months are American opium fiends. A broader claim suggests one third of U.S. criminals are opium users, driven by profits hindering restrictions.
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In the East it is said to be liquor which creates a criminal class. The people of San Francisco, however, dread the opium habit—hitting the pipe "as it is called"—as much as they do hard liquor. The Daily Examiner states that out of a little more than 8,000 prisoners in the first six months of arrests nearly 10 percent are opium fiends. These criminals are not Chinamen, and yet, but Americans.
It is many a startling assertion that in any part of the Union one third of the criminals are confirmed opium eaters and smokers.
But opium and cocaine yield so handsome a profit that it is difficult to enact a law either to prohibit or restrict their use. It is the same old dollar idol that rules East and West alike.
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nearly 10 percent of over 8,000 prisoners from arrests in the first six months are american opium fiends; broader claim of one third of union criminals as opium users.
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The opium habit in San Francisco is dreaded for creating a criminal class among Americans, with statistics showing nearly 10% of recent prisoners as opium fiends per the Daily Examiner. A startling assertion claims one third of criminals nationwide are confirmed opium eaters and smokers, but high profits from opium and cocaine make laws to restrict use difficult.