In the opium den, a Chinese man is shown looking lustfully at a white woman who has fallen asleep.

The doctor fights with a woman who is clearly a prostitute, rips her dress off and throws her on the bed. She is still wearing underwear. The fight occurs in what is clearly a 'crib' in a brothel. And the fight is intercut with shots of other women listening from the doorways of their cribs.

A girl lifts up her skirt to expose her legs saying "Look what I got. Next to nature." She raises the skirt a little and says "Are you following me?" A man responds "Following you? I'm way ahead of you!"

Characters at a party tell various bawdy jokes.

The the doctor fights with the prostitute he calls her a "trollop."

Narcotic deals pervasively with drug use and drug addiction.

The central character is portrayed as being addicted to opiets.

A male character assists a female character in injecting herself with a needle and then uses it himself.

A car crashes into a large vegetable cart but no detail is shown. We are told by other characters that a pregnant woman was involved in the crash.

The birth of a baby is shown. This piece of stock footage is extremely graphic.

A taxi cab is shown driving head on into an approaching train. The train slows to a stop, pushing the battered automobile forward, but no gore is scene. Passengers and crew from the train crowd around the wrecked car.