Book excerpt: Excerpt from Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, Vol. 9: July 7, 1855 Opium Emma - New York papers state that the use of opium is increasing rapidly in that city, and suggest that as its effects are not less deleterious than those resulting from the sale of ardent spirits, its sale ought to be repressed by law. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.