Wl Thursday, August 5th, 1943, WEEKLY HEALTH TALK “South of the border, La Nacha was queen.” LEE ET Strange information is to be found in the annual report of the Bureau of Narcotics, U. S. Treasury De- partment, kkkrn This reference 1s from one of the many thriling accounts of investiga- tion, capture and conviction by nar- cotic agents of leaders in the illicit narcotic traffe, *okok kok It is estimated there are not more than 1 in every 3,000 of population addicted to the use of drugs. khkkE A reduction of at least 66 per cent has occurred in the past two years. Hkkkk The latent danger from internation- a illicit traffic and drug addiction can be expected in increase since the war has spread n Europe and in the Far East. EREER In several countries which are po- tential sources of illicit traffic to the United States, the war has resulted in the relaxation of drug control. LEE EE The report states that from studies al illicit traffic and drug addiction dict is more than twice as likely as the non-addict to have a criminal re- cord. dekh ok With shipments of opium from the Orient practically non-existent, Mexi- co is now the principal source of supply of prepared opium for illicit traffic in the United States. ese oe ok Which brings us back to “La Na- cha,, Queen of Dope.” oko ok ok Her real name is Mrs. Ignacia Jas- so Ganzales, and she not only grew her own poppies in the mountains of Guadalajara, Mexico, but maintained a “front” in Cuidad Juraez, across the border from El Paso. sok ok kok Narcotic agents have seized in various places last year much raw and prepared opium, morphine, her- oin, cocaine, codeine and marihuana. dkkkg So scarce were drugs available to addicts that they began using “goof balls.” REED “Goof balls” are concoctéd from barbituric acid derivatives. *kkkE An addict will do almost anything to satisfy his morbid craving for the drugs. nN POOR FRUIT CROP IS FORECAST IN PENNSYL- VANIA IN PRESENT YERR The first definite measure of the expected production of Pennsylvania peaches, cherries and pears is given in a report issued by the Federal- State Crop reporting service in the State Department of Agriculture. No information is avaiable as yet on apple production for this year, but condition of the crop is estimated to be only 49 per cent of normal, compared with 63 per cent last year. The pear crop in the state this year as indicated on a July 1 survey will be 248,000 bushels, a drop of 243,000 bushels from last year, and compares with a ten year average production of 570,000 bushels from 1932 to 1941. The condition of the crop was re- ported as 34 per cent of normal. The peach crop, with a condition of 44 per cent of normal, is estimated at 1,152,000 bushels, a drop of 619,000 bushels from last year. This com- pares with 1,649,000 bushels for the ten year average. For peaches the outlook is for fair crops of early va- rieties but Ebertas are generally light. Production of cherries this year is estimated at 4,000 tons for a crop the condition of which was only 26 per cent of normal. Production last year was 9,300 tons, which was a- head of the ten year average produc- tion of 7,804 tons. 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EASY TERMS! sible failure to maintain an ade-|danger to ptomaine poisoning lies in [quate refrigeration at all times for |these harmless and tempting pro- | ducts, State officials say. | ri HANEY, © ai | hams, shoulders, and similar process- i fe hams, as well as hams | HEAVY PENALTY FOR 8, as es REFUSAL OF REQUEST that have been subjected to tender- | ’ |izing treatment ,and those improper- | TO FIGHT FOREST FIRE |1y cured, are particularly susceptible | [to bacterial growth and decomposi-| Seldom does the State Department | tion in the Summer time when a|of Forests and Waters have to insist { temperature fluctuation is constant. [upon help to fight a forest fire—but Custard filled pies and other cream | it has the power, under law, to force | assistane, should need arise. | A seldom invoke law, the Act of [be carefully examined to determine |1923, Section 1002, is inclueded in the hether, due to lack of constant re-| Commonwealth's statutes which pro- frigeration, bacterial growth has been | vides a fine not to exceed $100 and promoted and putrefication permit-|30 days in jail upon conviction for ten to set in. Consumption of pro-|refusal to fight a forest fire upon ducts so affected often results in se-| request of an authorized state offi- rious illness to the consumer. Real cial. The law has been used only about | a score of times since its adoption, |ed during the first six months of this Department officials said, and only | year compared with 924 during the once in the last three years. | same period of 1942. Traffic was re- Chief Forest Fire Warden George | duced an estimated 50 per cent. H. Wirt said the law was introduced | for “basis of protection should need ever arise, but Pennsylvanians | pyreau reporting such fatalities in- have been so helpful that a second | creasing from 50 to 54 per cent of request is not often required to se-|the total. cure assistance in fighting a forest, |, fire.” There are a great many more pe- destrians on the street which accoun- ts for the fatality rate in that cate- —. ROAD DEATHS DROP 39 PER CENT IN PENNSYLVANIA | cles,” said the bureau. — Bicycle fatalities dropped from 21 A thirty-nine per cent drop into 13 but the bureau declared such Pennsylvania's traffic fatalities as a vehicles continue “a very serious result of war time travel restrictions | problem with the rate of fatalities in- was reported this week by the State creasing despite less use of bikes.” Revenue Department. One change pointed out in the fa- A survey showed 563 persons Kkill- | Deaths included 306 pedestrians ag- | the | ginst 451 last year with the Safety | gory despite restricted use of vehi- | | tality survey was that all fatal acci- dents are occurring primarily in the | day time instead of at night as pre- | viously. ree GRAPES. A few growers in the Erie grape | producing belt of Pennsylvania expect their crop to be nearly a total loss this year, according to reports re- | ceived by the State Department of Agriculture. Vines in some vineyards were killed back to the roots by the severe winter weather and the rose {bug has been “quite destructive” the | Department crop reporters say. Lar- | gely because of these adverse condi- | tions, the Pennsylvania grape crop | for this year is indicated to be 16,300 | tons, or 5,200 tons less than the 21,- | 500 tons produced in 1942.
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