DRUG LEGISLATION IN THE UNITED STATES. 



labeled with the name of the substance, the word " Poison," and the name of 

 the person or firm dispensing the substance. And before a delivery is made of 

 any of the following substances, to-wit, the compounds and salts of arsenic, 

 antimony and mercury, hydrocyanic acid and its salts, strychnine and its salts, 

 and the essential oil of bitter almonds, there shall be recorded in a book kept 

 for that purpose the name of the article, the quantity delivered, the purpose for 

 which it is required as represented by the purchaser, the date of delivery, the 

 name and address of the purchaser, the name of the dispenser, which book shall 

 be preserved for at least five years and shall at all times be open to the inspec- 

 tion of the proper officers of the law : Provided, however, that the foregoing 

 provision shall not apply to articles dispensed upon the order of persons be- 

 lieved by the dispenser to be lawfully authorized practitioners of medicine or 

 dentistry : And provided also, that the record of sale and delivery above men- 

 tioned shall not be required of manufacturers and wholesalers who shall sell 

 any of the foregoing substances at wholesale ; but the box, bottle or other pack- 

 age containing such substances, when sold at wholesale, shall be properly labeled 

 with the name of the substance, the word " poison ", and the name and address 

 of the manufacturer or wholesaler: Provided further, that it shall not be neces- 

 sary to place a poison label upon or to record the delivery of the sulphide of 

 antimony or the oxide or carbonate of zinc, or lead, or of colors ground in oil and 

 intended for use as paint, or Paris green, when dispensed in the original pack- 

 age of the manufacturer or wholesaler, or calomel, paregoric or other prepara- 

 tions of opium containing less than two grains of opium to the fluid ounce, nor 

 in the case of preparations containing any of the substances named in this 

 section when in a single box, bottle or other package, or when the bulk of two 

 fluid ounces or the weight of two avoirdupois ounces does not contain more than 

 an adult medicinal dose of such poisonous substance. 



28. Penalty. Any person who shall sell or deliver to any person any poison- 

 ous substance specified in section twenty of this act without labeling the same 

 and recording the delivery thereof in the manner proscribed in said section 

 twenty shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be 

 fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars. 

 Laws, 1905, Public, p. 123 and 120." 



1. Regulation of sale of cocaine, morphine, etc. It shall be unlawful for any 

 person, firm or corporation to sell by retail, or give away any cocaine, opium 

 or morphine except upon the written prescription of a reputable practicing 

 physician, except in cases of emergency and in the absence of a physician: 

 which said prescription shall not be refilled unless so directed by the attending 

 physician, except in cases of emergency and in the absence of a physician : 

 Provided, that the provisions of this act shall not apply to sales at wholesale 

 by any manufacturer or wholesale dealer who shall sell to the retail druggist, 

 firm or corporation in original packages only, nor to sales of laudanum and 

 paregoric, or other preparation containing not more than thirty per cent of 

 cocaine, morphine or opium. 



2. Penalty. Any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions 

 of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be impris- 

 oned not exceeding thirty days, or fined not exceeding fifty dollars. No veterin- 

 nary surgeon shall be allowed to prescribe for a human being or to sell, give 

 away, or in any manner dispose of the drugs mentioned in this chapter except 

 for the use of dumb animals. 



Laws, 1905, Public, p. 104. 



a The law of 1905 takes the place of the pharmacy law of 1881. 



