TY  - JOUR
T1  - THe care and treatment of opiumsmokers in the philippines
AU  - ROCHESTER AS
Y1  - 1909/01/30
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1909.25420310011001b
JO  - Journal of the American Medical Association
SP  - 351
EP  - 353
VL  - LII
IS  - 5
N2  - In the early part of 1907 the Philippine Commission passed the opium law to regulate the sale and use of opium and its derivatives in the Philippine Islands. Before the enactment of this law the smoking of the drug and use of it by other methods was allowed under certain restrictions. The new law, however, put a rigid ban on the use of the drug in any manner, except when under the direct supervision of a registered physician. At the same time the law made the mere possession of the drug or the paraphernalia for its use, by one unqualified, a crime punishable by fine and imprisonment.The authorities, recognizing the great amount of suffering and even danger to life which would result from the sudden withdrawal of the narcotic, passed an act by which funds were appropriated for the care and treatment of any habitué who would present himself
SN  - 0002-9955
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1909.25420310011001b
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1909.25420310011001b
ER  -