144 DRUG LEGISLATION IN THE UNITED STATES. 



give away or dispose of any poisonous substance without attaching to the phial, 

 box or parcel containing such poisonous substance a label with the word 

 " poison ", printed or written upon it, in plain and legible characters. 



7304. Violation a misdemeanor. Any person violating any of the provisions 

 of section 7303 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. 



Revised Codes, 1899, p. 1460. 



7282. Poisons must be properly labeled. Every person who, at retail, sells, 

 furnishes or delivers to another, either : 



1. Arsenic or its preparations, corrosive sublimate, white precipitate, red 

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

 strychnia and all other poisons, vegetable alkaloids and their salts, essential oil 

 of bitter almonds, opium or its preparations, except paregoric and other prepa- 

 rations of opium with less than two grains to the ounce ; or, 



2. Aconite, belladonna, colchicum, conium, nux 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 affixing to the bottle, box, vessel or pack- 

 age containing the same, the name of the contents, the word " poison ", and his 

 name and place of business, is guilty of a misdemeanor. 



7283. Exception. The provisions of the last section shall not be construed 

 to include or apply to the dispensing of physicians' prescriptions specifying or 

 containing poison. 



7284. Record. Every person who, at retail, sells, furnishes or delivers to 

 another any of the articles or preparations mentioned in section 7282 or any 

 drug, chemical or preparation which according to the standard works on medi- 

 cines or materia medica is liable, in quantities of sixty grains or less, to destroy 

 adult human life, and who, either : 



1. Fails or neglects, before delivering the same, to enter or cause to be entered 

 in a book kept for that purpose, the date of sale, the name and address of 

 the person to whom delivered or sold, the name, quantity and quality of the 

 article or preparation delivered or sold, and the name of the dispenser ; or, 



2. Fails, neglects or refuses during business hours to exhibit such book and 

 every part thereof, for inspection and to permit the same and every part thereof, 

 upon demand, to be inspected by any physician, coroner, sheriff, constable or 

 magistrate of the county. 



Is guilty of a misdemeanor. 



7285. Penalty. Every person convicted of any of the offenses mentioned in 

 sections 7282 and 7284 is punishable by a fine of not less than five' and not 

 exceeding one hundred dollars. Laws 1890, p. 306. 



Revised Codes, 1899, p. 1456. 



ADULTERATION OF DRUGS. 



7286. Adulteration a misdemeanor. Every person who knowingly, willfully a 

 fraudulently, either: 



1. Falsifies or adulterates or causes or permits to be falsified or adulterated, 

 any drug, medicinal preparation authorized or recognized by any standard 

 work on pharmacy, or used or intended to be used medicinally; or, 



2. Mixes or causes or permits to be mixed with any such drug or medicinal 

 preparation any foreign or inert substance for the purpose or with the intent 



oSo in Statutes. 



