208 DKUG LEGISLATION IN THE UNITED STATES. 



acid, strychnine, sugar of lead, sulphate of zinc, white precipitate, red precipi- 

 tate, without affixing to the box, bottle, vessel or package containing the same, 

 and to the wrapper or cover thereof, a label bearing the name of the article 

 and the word " poison " distinctly shown, with the name and place of business 

 of the seller. No person shall deliver any of said poisons to any person under the 

 age of fifteen years, nor shall he deliver any of said poisons to any person with- 

 out satisfying himself that such poison is to be used for a legitimate pur- 

 pose; Provided, That nothing herein contained shall apply to the dispensing 

 of physicians' prescriptions of any of the poisons or articles aforesaid. It 

 shall be the duty of the person vending any of the poisons aforesaid before 

 delivering the same to the purchaser, to cause an entry to be made in a book 

 kept for that purpose, stating the date of sale, the name and address of the 

 purchaser, the name and quantity of the poison sold, and the name of the 

 dispenser ; and such book shall always be open for inspection by the proper 

 authorities, and shall be preserved for reference for at least two years. Any 

 person failing to comply with the requirements of this section shall be liable 

 to a penalty of ten dollars for each and every offense. (Laics, 1888, p. 36.) 



Revised Statutes, 1899, p. 629. 



4. Poison labels; penalty. Whenever any pharmacist, druggist, physician or 

 other dealer in poisons, chemicals, medicines and drugs, whether wholesale or 

 retail, within the State of Wyoming shall sell any drug or. chemical, and the in- 

 discriminate or careless use of which might be destructive of human life, except 

 that such dealer shall affix to each bottle or package of such drug, chemical or 

 poison a label printed in red ink, and a cautionary emblem of the skull and 

 cross-bones, or the words " Caution " or " Poison " shall upon conviction thereof 

 before any court having competent jurisdiction be fined in any sum not exceed- 

 ing one hundred dollars nor less than ten dollars. 



Laws, 1903, p. 112. 



1. Sale of certain dangerous drugs prohibited except upon prescription. It 

 shall be unlawful for any person or persons, firm or corporation, to sell, barter, 

 give away, or have in its, or their possession, or in any manner distribute, any 

 of the drugs known as cocaine, or its derivatives ; opium, or its derivatives ; 

 chloral hydrate, or its derivatives, or any other drug or combination of drugs, 

 the natural effect of which, is to induce delirium ; or to sell, barter, give away, 

 or have in possession, or in any manner distribute, any patent or proprietary 

 medicines, known to contain any of the drugs heretofore mentioned, or the de- 

 rivatives of any such drugs ; except that regular licensed pharmacists may keep 

 for sale and sell such drugs, upon the bona fide written prescription of a regu- 

 lar practicing physician, which prescription must not be repeated or refilled. 



2. Penalty. Any person found guilty of a violation of any of the provisions 

 of the preceding section, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, for the 

 first offense, shall be fined not less than fifty dollars, nor more than one hun- 

 dred dollars, and for each and every conviction of the same offense thereafter 

 shall be fined not less than $100.00 and not more than $250.00, and imprisoned 

 in the county jail not less than sixty days and not more than six months. 



3. Unnecessary prescription deemed malpractice. Any physician who shall 

 prescribe any of the drugs herein mentioned, except in cases where its, or their, 

 use .is necessitated and required by the then existing physical or mental condi- 

 tion of the person so applying for such prescription, shall, upon conviction 

 thereof, in the manner provided by law, be deemed guilty of malpractice and 



