50 DRUG LEGISLATION IN THE UNITED STATES. 



SALE OF POISONS. 



470. RcJicdnles; labelling. No person shall furnish, by retail, any poison enu- 

 merated in Schedule "A" and " B," as follows, to wit : 



SCHEDULE "A." 



Arsenic and its preparations, corrosive sublimate, white precipitate, red 

 precipitate, biniodide of mercury, cyanide of potassium, hydrocyanic acid, 

 strychnia, and all other poisonous vegetable alkaloids and their salts; essential 

 oil of bitter almonds, opium and its preparations, except paregoric and other 

 preparations of opium containing less than two grains to the ounce; 



SCHEDULE " IV 



Aconite, belladonna, colchicnm, conium, mix vomica, henbane, savin, ergot, 

 cotton root, cantharides, creosote, digitalis, and their pharmaceutical prepara- 

 tions; croton oil, chloroform, chloral hydrate, sulphate of zinc, mineral acids, 

 carbolic acid, and oxalic acid: 



Without distinctly labeling the bottle, box, vessel or paper in which said 

 poison is contained, and also the outside wrapper or cover thereof, with the 

 name of the article, the word " Poison," and the name and place of business 

 of him who furnishes the same, nor unless niton due inquiry it be found that 

 the person to whom it is delivered is aware of its poisonous character, and 

 represents that it is to be used for a legitimate purpose. (Acts 1876, p. 2-'/.) 



471. Ifccttrd of sales. No licensed or registered druggist or pharmaceutist 

 shall sell or deliver any of the poisons included in Schedule "A" without, before 

 delivering the same, causing an entry to be made in a book kept for that pur- 

 pose, stating the date of -the delivery, the name and address of the person re- 

 ceiving the same, the name and quantity of the poison, the purpose for which 

 it is represented by such person to be required, and the name of the dispenser. 

 Such book shall be always open for inspect ion by the proper authorities, .and 

 be preserved for reference for at least five years. (Act ft 1876, p. 2//.) 



472. >sv//r.v on -phj/xicnnis' prescript inux e.rcepled. Nothing in the preceding 

 sections shall apply to the dispensing of poisons in not unusual quantities or 

 doses, upon the prescriptions of practitioners of medicine. (Act* 1876, p. 24.) 



473. Penalty. Any person violating the provisions of the three preceding sec- 

 tions shall be punished as for a misdemeanor. (Ads 1895, p. 63.) 



474. Kale of (>]>iuin to lialiitue*. If any druggist, pharmaceutist, or other per- 

 son selling opium and its preparations, by retail, shall sell, give or furnish, 

 directly or indirectly, opium, or its preparations, containing more than two 

 grains of opium to the ounce, in any quantity, to any person habitually addicted 

 to its use, after written notice from the near relative of such person that he 

 is habitually addicted to its use, except upon the written prescription of a phy- 

 sician setting forth the necessity of its purchase and showing the good faith 

 of the prescription, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Acts 1887, p. 97.) 



475. Morphine shall 1)C wrapped and labelled irith scarlet paper. If any drug- 

 gist, or other dealer in drugs and medicines, shall sell or offer for sale any sul- 

 phate or other preparations of morphine in a bottle, vial, envelope or other 

 package, unless it is wrapped in a scarlet paper or envelope, and unless the 

 bottle or vial also has on it a scarlet label, lettered in white letters, plainly 

 naming the contents of the bottle or vial, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 

 (Acts 188J f -5, p. 13Jj.) 



Code, 1895, vol. 3, p. 139-140. 



