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Meeting at Atlantic City, May, 1926. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON DRUG ADDICTION TROMAN HARRY RATIONAL ARCHIVES AND DECORDS SERVICE This is the sixth report on drug addiction to be submitted to the Conference of State and Provincial Health Authorities. There are still many conflicting reports in regard to the extent and seriousness of drug addiction. The number of addicts in the United States is estimated anywhere from 80,000 to 4,000,000. The facts are still obscure. There is, undoubtedly, a tendency to exaggerate. When it is stated that one in every 25 inhabitants of the city of New York is an addict, it is apparent that such figures can not be given serious consideration. A careful review of all reports seem to confirm the con- clusion of our last report that drug addiction is decreasing in the United States. The Narcotic Division of the Bureau of Internal Revenue is of the opinion that drug addiction is decreasing and that the number of addicts in the country is considerably below two hundred thousand. A survey made by questionnaire gave an estimate of less than 110,000 addicts in the United States. Simon states that New York has 15,000 addicts and that few new recruits to addiction are being formed. Practically all physicians are of the opinion that drug addiction is much less prevalent than formerly in their particular neighborhood. The number of addicts in a certain section, in which there were probably more addicts than any other part of the country, it was found that the number of addicts did not exceed more than three addicts to every one thousand population. Physicians and druggists report that before the Harrison Law went into effect there were twice as many addicts as there are now. The credit for this reduction is given to the Harrison Law. Seizures of narcotics by revenue agents for the years 1923, 1924 and 1925, and some statistics compiled in the narcotic division as to purchases of narcotics for evidence, indicate that morphine addiction has during these periods been from six to twelve times as prevalent as heroin addiction. As to crime, the number of addicts in prisons is large. However, all but a small proportion of these have been con- victed for violation of narcotic laws. A person brought to trial for violating the narcotic laws is almost sure to be convicted and sentenced to a year or more. The statistics below were given to me by the narcotic division. They show an increase of convictions year by year.

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