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Demon Rum Leads To Heroin

Demon Rum Leads To Heroin

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Editorial cartoon showing Uncle Sam bothered by Demon Rum MD. and seven monsters of drug addition which follow him. 1919.
Figures in drawing: Uncle Sam (seated), labeled demons DEMON RUM MD., LAUDANUM, OPIUM, COCAINE, HASHISH, HEROIN, ETHER, CHLORAL.
Caption below: "And the last state of that man is worse than the first" (from Matthew 12:43-45, KJV)

Images of the original pencil-and-ink sketch can be found here (in smaller size, without caption).

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1919
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Scanned by Infrogmation from copy of June 26 1919 "Life" magazine
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