182 DRUG LEGISLATION IN THE UNITED STATES. 



morphine and its preparations, tully powder, chloral, croton oil, opium and its^ 

 liquid preparations (except those containing less than two (2) grains to the 

 fluid ounce), and all other deadly poisons. 



Supplement to Code, 1903, p. 635-636. 



1. Sale of cocaine. It shall be unlawful for anyone to sell, barter, or give 

 away cocaine, or any compound thereof, in this state; provided, however, that 

 this shall not apply to the sale of cocaine or compound thereof by a druggist 

 upon prescription of physician, provided that no prescription calling for cocaine 

 or compound thereof shall be filled more than one time ; provided, that the pro- 

 visions of this act shall not apply to wholesale druggists in supplying the trade, 

 or retail druggists supplying dentists or physicians. 



2. Penalty. The violation of this act shall, upon conviction, be punished by 

 fine of not less than $100, and not more than $500, or punishment by imprison- 

 ment in the county jail or workhouse for a period of time not less than thirty 

 days, nor more than six months, or both, in the discretion of the court. 



Supplement to Code, 1903, p. 842. 



ADULTERATION OF DRUGS. 



3652. Adulteration and substitution prohibited: adulteration defined,' penalty; 

 jurisdiction. No person shall add to or remove from, or cause to be added to or 

 removed from, any drug, chemical, or medical preparations, any ingredient or 

 material for the purpose of adulteration or substitution, or which shall deterio- 

 rate the quality, commerce! a 1 value, or medicinal effect, or alter the nature or 

 composition of such article, and no person shall knowingly or willingly sell or 

 offer for sale, any such adulterated, altered or substituted drug, chemical, or 

 medicinal preparation. A drug, chemical, or medicinal preparation shall be 

 deemed to be adulterated within the meaning of this act : 



1. If, when sold under, or by, a name recognized by the United States Phar- 

 macopoeia, or subsequent editions thereof, it differs from the standard of 

 strength, quality, or purity laid down therein. 



2. If, when sold under, or by, a name not recognized by the United States 

 Pharmacopoeia, or other standard work on materia medica, it differs materially 

 from the standard of strength, quality, or purity laid down in such work. 



3. If its strength, quality, or purity falls below the professed standard under 

 which it is sold. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be 

 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not 

 less than twenty, nor more than one hundred dollars for each offense. 



The Grand Jury shall have inquisitorial power to investigate violations of 

 this Act, and the Circuit and Criminal Judges shall give said law in charge to 

 the Grand Juries in their respective districts. (Acts, 1891, p. 224; Acts, 1905, p. 



'184.) 



Supplement to Code, 1903, p. 634. 



1. Substitution in physicians' prescriptions unlawful. It shall be unlawful for 

 any corporation, firm, or person, or any combination or association of corpora- 

 tions, firms, or persons engaged in the business of buying, compounding, and 

 selling drugs and medicines, to substitute any drug or medicine in lieu or 

 stead of that given to the patient by the physician on the face of his prescrip- 

 tion. 



2. Act applies to employees and agents. It shall be unlawful for any agent or 

 employee of such person, firm, or corporation, association, or combination of 



