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Sale  of  Poisons. 
f  Am.  Jour.  Pharm„ 
I  September,  1902. 
on  prescription  on  a  label  of  red  paper  with  the  word  "  Poison  "  and 
antidote  shall  be  named  on  label.  Every  failure  to  label  shall  be 
punished  by  penalty  not  exceeding  $50. 
Maryland. — Maryland  has  just  come  into  possession  of  a  poison 
law,  approved  April  11,  1902,  and  combines  Schedules  A  and  B, 
which  require  registration  of  the  sale  of  any  of  the  enumerated 
articles  in  their  schedules.  The  offender  is  liable  to  a  fine  of  not 
less  than  $5  nor  more  than  $100. 
Missouri. — Missouri  has  Schedules  A  and  B.  Must  label  the 
inside  and  outside  of  the  package,  keep  a  book ;  the  user  must 
know  the  poisonous  character  of  the  article.  Penalty,  minimum, 
$25  ;  maximum,  $100.  False  representation  receives  the  same 
penalty. 
Minnesota. — Minnesota  merges  the  two  schedules,  but  excepts 
paris  green  and  includes  rough-on-rats.  A  violation  is  a  misde- 
meanor, with  a  fine  of  $50.    Giving  a  false  name  same  penalty. 
Michigan. — Michigan  has  an  Act  to  regulate  the  practice  of  phar- 
macy, but  no  poison  law. 
Montana. — -Montana  has  Schedules  A  and  B.  The  penalty,  if 
ound  guilty,  a  misdemeanor  and  punished  as  such. 
Nebraska. — Nebraska  has  seven  conditions:  (1)  Registers  the 
name,  age,  sex  and  color.  (2)  Quantity  sold.  (3)  Purpose  for  which 
required.  (4)  Day  and  date  of  purchase.  (5)  Name  and  place  of 
abode  of  person  for  whom  intended.  (6)  Must  carefully  mark  poison. 
(7)  Neither  sell  or  give  away  to  minors  of  either  sex.  (8)  Prohibits 
sale  or  gift  of  less  than  one  pound  of  arsenic  without  mixing  either 
soot  or  indigo  in  portions  of  one  ounce  or  half-ounce  to  the  pound 
of  arsenic.    Penalty,  minimum,  $20;  maximum,  $200. 
New  Jersey. — New  Jersey  enumerates  Schedules  A  and  B,  makes 
the  penalty  $100  and  costs  for  violation. 
New  Hampshire. — New  Hampshire  requires  the  registry  of  sales 
of  arsenic,  strychnia,  prussic  acid,  corrosive  sublimate  and  nux 
vomica. 
New  Mexico. — New  Mexico  has  Schedules  A  and  B  and  provides 
for  the  registering  of  sales  of  all  poisons  as  enumerated. 
We  believe  our  own  statute  to  be  weak  in  not  requiring  an  age 
condition  similar  to  the  thought  expressed  in  the  Ohio,  Virginia 
and  Nebraska  law.  There  is  no  plainer  law,  nor  one  more  easily 
comprehended  than  our  own,  but  we  realize  how  readily  persons 
