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Journal Amer. Instit. of Criminal Law and Criminology VIII Jan. 749–56: Another ‘hop head,’ loaded with morphine, went into a room, and ‘frisked’ the sleeping occupant’s clothes of six dollars and a half.at loaded, adj.
Journal Amer. Instit. of Criminal Law and Criminology VIII Jan. 749–56: Another ‘hop head,’ loaded with morphine, went into a room, and ‘frisked’ the sleeping occupant’s clothes of six dollars and a half. Journal Amer. Instit. of Criminal Law and Criminology VIII Jan. 749–56: Fifty, or one-half, began by associating with bad companions at night, frequenting dance halls, saloons, poolrooms, and later ‘joints,’ where they were induced to try the pipe.at pipe, n.1
Journal Amer. Instit. of Criminal Law and Criminology 8 Jan. 749–56: Fifty-eight [addicts] began by smoking opium, twenty per cent used morphine hypodermically, eight ate morphine, three ate ‘yen shee,’ the ashes of opium.at yen-shee, n.
Journal Amer. Instit. of Criminal Law and Criminology VIII Jan. 749–56: Men not cured of their addiction would use the drug and induce younger prisoners to be ‘sports and take a shot’.at shot, n.1
(con. 1900) Journal Amer. Instit. of Criminal Law and Criminology X Jan. 62–70: One can tell a hop-head by his eyes. A coke fiend is spotted by his quick turns and active movements. A morphinist has a brittle complexion. A smoker has a yellowish tinge.at coke fiend (n.) under coke, n.1
(con. 1900) Journal Amer. Instit. of Criminal Law and Criminology X Jan. 62–70: In 1915 they caught me the same way. Some one tipped me off and they caught me in the crowd. I could not ditch the stuff, so they grabbed me.at ditch, v.1
(con. 1900) Journal Amer. Instit. of Criminal Law and Criminology X Jan. 62–70: I was dopy when I did this trick. I was just at the end of my rope, and did not care what happened.at dopey, adj.1
(con. 1900) Journal Amer. Instit. of Criminal Law and Criminology X Jan. 62–70: I bought a gun and began to use two quarter-grain tablets three times a day.at gun, n.1
Journal Amer. Instit. of Criminal Law and Criminology Jan. 62–70: ‘I know what is the matter with you. You’ve been up against the pipe. You’d better start to shoot it.’ Before this, though, he had given me laudanum and yen shee, which relieved my habit.at yen-shee, n.
(con. 1900) Journal Amer. Instit. of Criminal Law and Criminology X Jan. 62–70: I got a job tending bar, and began to shoot morphine. When I first started to shoot I took it twice a day, morning and night, using the same amount for over two years.at shoot, v.
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