...Society. The report was practically unanimous and stated that "the temperate use of opium in India should be viewed in the same light as the temperate...the measure and discretion with which it is used." The question arises, Can a man be temperate in the use of opium ? The tendency is to increase the dose...

...Society. The report was practically unanimous and stated that "the temperate use of opium in India should be viewed in the same light as the temperate...the measure and discretion with which it is used." The question arises, Can a man be temperate in the use of opium ? The tendency is to increase the dose...

...print) of evidence, arrived at some remarkable conclusions. " Opium," says the Royal Commission, " is harmful, harmless, or even beneficial, according...the measure and discretion with which it is used. . . . It is [in India] the universal household remedy. ... It is extensively administered to infants,...

...should be viewed in the same light as the use of alcohol in England. It may be harmful, harmless or beneficial according to the measure and discretion with which it is used." The almost unanimous testimony of missionaries to the evils of opium was discounted on the ground that,...

...that testimony may perhaps be most clearly conveyed by saying that the temperate use of opium in India should be viewed in the same light as the temperate...harmless or even beneficial, according to the measure of discretion with which it is used. Opium is used as a stimulant, and it is largely consumed in India...