The Truth about Opium

"[...]derived from actual acquaintance with the facts, acquired during nearly fifteen years' residence in Hong Kong.-Opium smoking as practised by the Chinese perfectly innocuous, beneficial rather than injurious.-Opinion of Dr. Ayres.-Charges made by the Anti-Opium Society and its supporters false and unfounded.-Alleged knowledge of the members and supporters of the Anti-Opium Society founded on hearsay evidence of the worst and most[...]".