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i  Am.  Jour.  Pharra. 
(    February,  1911. 
enforcement  of  the  law,  showing  all  sales  and  other  uses  to  which 
it  has  been  put. 
6.  A  physician  may  prescribe  but  not  dispense  these  drugs  to 
habitual  users  under  treatment,  provided  he  keeps  a  record  of  the 
patient,  together  with  the  name  and  quantity  of  drug  prescribed, 
and  reports  the  same  in  monthly  reports  to  the  body  or  commission 
enforcing  the  law. 
/.  Illegal  possession  a  crime. 
8.  Prescription  files  and  records  subject  to  inspection  of  proper 
officers. 
9.  Severe  penalties  of  imprisonment. 
The  Act  not  to  apply  to  cough  remedies,  proprietary  medicines, 
or  other  medical  preparations  sold  as  medicines  and  not  for  the 
purpose  of  evading  the  provisions  of  this  Act  or  supplying  habitues 
with  the  drug  if  they  contain  not  over  (to  the  ounce) 
2  grains  of  opium, 
yl  grain  of  morphine, 
34  grain  of  heroin, 
%  grain  of  codeine. 
(Or  not  more  of  any  other  derivative  or  compound  of  same.) 
Providing  the  quantities  of  the  drugs  contained  shall  be  plainly 
stated  upon  the  label. 
Also  providing  that  any  preparation  intended  for  soothing  syrups 
for  infants  shall  not  contain  any  of  the  drugs. 
Also  providing  that  regular  practising  physicians  can  supply  the 
drugs,  providing  they  comply  with  the  other  provisions  of  this  Act 
of  Assembly  with  reference  to  reporting  and  keeping  a  record. 
And  providing  that  prescriptions  or  orders  for  plasters,  liniments, 
and  ointments  when  intended  for  external  use  only,  and  when  the 
quantity  of  the  drug  is  plainly  marked  on  the  label,  shall  be  per- 
mitted. 
In  conclusion,  permit  me  to  say  that  I  believe  that  if  laws  such  as 
these  were  passed  by  the  national  government,  and  the  different 
States  of  this  Union,  there  is  no  reason  why  the  Narcotic  Laws  of 
the  country  should  not  then  be  effective ;  but  even  with  the  best  of 
legislation,  we  should  always  remember  that  "  eternal  vigilance  is 
the  price  of  liberty and  I  know  of  no  better  means  of  keeping  this 
agitation  before  the  State  than  through  the  columns  of  the  news- 
