In this change of attitude lies the hope for the future. Some of the narcotic addicts will have to be done _with_ or done _to_. They are the inherently irresponsible, vicious or defective. They demand care and restraint irrespective of their addiction. The mass of addicts, however, need something done _for_ them. They are clinical problems of internal medicine, victims of a definite disease, characteristic in its symptomatology, reactions and phenomena, a disease which will before long come to be known as clinically and therapeutically controllable and arrestable. APPENDIX HUMAN DOCUMENTS--PERSONAL STATEMENTS The great importance of the real story of the sufferer from narcotic drug addiction-disease has been referred to several times in this book. It had been my first intention to include in the course of the various discussions, stories and statements of narcotic drug addicts illustrative of the various matters discussed, and to take them from my own collection of addiction histories. That I might avoid any personal controversy, however, as to their personality or reliability, and also to make such statements free from any possible hint of influence or bias, I have taken them from medical literature and am using them as an appendix. In December, 1917, _American Medicine_ published a special addiction number, containing statements written for it by addicts of evident and vouched for intelligence and standing, stating their personal experiences and personal views. Through the courtesy of _American Medicine_ and its editors, I am reproducing these, believing that they are of great value and that they illustrate many of the discussions which appear in this book. * * * * * HUMAN DOCUMENTS[1] [1] For obvious reasons the names of the authors of these contributions are not given. The editor, however, has every one of them, and has taken especial care to establish the authenticity and good faith of each article. Each contribution appears as received. THE PERSONAL SIDE OF DRUG ADDICTION SOME VIEWS ON DRUG ADDICTION--PERSONAL AND LEGAL BY A PROMINENT MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK BAR A half dozen years ago I had a long, severe attack of gallstones and inflammation of the gall-bladder. I suffered so much pain that the physicians gave me morphine for nearly a year. When I got better I tried my very best to get along without the drug, but could not. I came to a physician in New York for treatment who had made a special study of drug addiction and is a recognized authority on that subject. However, he could not help me at that time on account of a recurrence of my gall-bladder inflammation with severe jaundice and fever.