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| | UNODC - Bulletin on Narcotics - 1951 Issue 2 - 001 |
 | | In a study we made of a considerable group, taken at random from the records, it was learned that the first arrest for offences other than violation of the law on narcotics preceded, sometimes by as much as eight to ten years, the time when addiction to narcotic drugs, began. |
 | | From our studies, it can definitely be concluded that drug addiction is one of the later phases of the career of the criminal addict (but this study applied only to addiction to opium and its derivatives, and not to marihuana, the use of which is frequently a prelude to crime). |
 | | Narcotics have been found hidden in the bottoms of talcum-powder cans and other cosmetic containers, fixtures, bedsteads, window-sills, chandeliers, door knobs, rear of dresser drawers, secret plants in the woodwork, and many other places too numerous to mention. |
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