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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 4, 1878

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 51, No. 14.

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OPIUM EATERS

The total amount of opium imported into the United States for 1877 was 2,589,924,383 grains. Deducting one-fifth for medical purposes, there remain for opium-eaters 6,125,283 grains daily. If thirty grains are taken as a daily dose, there are in the United States over 200,000 persons who eat the drug.