BERLIN

Movements to Combat Drug Addiction  In the deliberations of the reichstag's commission appointed to draft a new penal code, the following provision was proposed and accepted:If a penalty is imposed on any one who is in the habit of drinking spirituous beverages to excess or of partaking of other intoxicants, because of an act which he committed while intoxicated or which has a causal connection with such habit, or on account of complete intoxication in itself, and his admission to an institution for the cure of the drink habit is indicated, the court shall order that such person shall be placed in such an institution.During the deliberations, the questions were discussed that Dr. Moses (physician and socialist member of the lower house) had submitted in writing to the Reichsgesundheitsamt (federal bureau of health) at the request of the commission, namely: 1. Has addiction to morphine, cocaine and other