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made  to  have  the  laws  enforced  to  the  letter  and  wherever  found 
irksome  or  impracticable  the  laws  should  be  so  amended  as  to 
effectually  safeguard  the  interests  of  the  public  without  inflicting 
unnecessary  hardships  on  honest  dealers  and  manufacturers. 
In  the  succeeding  enumeration  an  effort  has  been  made  to  call 
attention  to  the  laws  relating  to  matters  of  public  health  which 
directly  or  indirectly  affect  the  pharmacist  or  are  designed  to 
restrict  the  manufacture,  sale  or  use  of  poisons  and  habit-forming 
drugs. 
Much  of  this  information  is  based  on  news  items  in  pharma- 
ceutical or  other  journals  and  the  compilation  as  presented  here  is 
therefore  suggestive  rather  than  authoritative. 
Alaska. — The  first  legislature  of  the  Territory  of  Alaska  has 
adopted  several  laws  relating  to  public  health  matters,  among  others, 
laws  regulating  the  practice  of  medicine  and  of  pharmacy. 
Arizona  adopted  new  laws  regulating  the  practice  of  medicine 
and  the  practice  of  pharmacy  and  the  sale  of  poisons ;  also  enacted 
a  pure  food  law. 
Colorado  enacted  an  antinarcotic  law,  a  law  to  restrict  the  sale 
of  carbolic  acid  and  a  modification  of  its  pure  food  law. 
District  of  Columbia. — The  annual  appropriation  bill  for  the 
District  of  Columbia  includes  a  revision  of  the  existing  laws  relat- 
ing to  the  sale  of  intoxicating  liquors.  This  revision  restricts  the 
sale  of  alcoholic  beverages  and  non-medicated  alcohol  in  drug 
stores  to  physicians'  prescriptions  and  requires  that  a  special  record 
be  provided  for  such  prescriptions. 
Idaho  has  enacted  amendments  to  the  food  laws  and  to  the 
poison  laws. 
Illinois  enacted  amendments  to  the  pharmacy  laws. 
Indiana  adopted  a  revised  antinarcotic  law  and  a  modification 
of  the  law  regulating  the  practice  of  pharmacy. 
Kansas  adopted  amendments  to  the  pharmacy  law. 
Maine  enacted  a  law  regulating  the  sale  of  habit-forming  drugs. 
Massachusetts  enacted  several  measures  designed  to  strengthen 
the  pharmacy  laws ;  also  adopted  a  law  requiring  notification  of 
cases  of  occupational  diseases. 
Missouri  adopted  a  law  designed  to  restrict  occupational 
diseases. 
Montana  adopted  amendments  to  the  pharmacy  law. 
Nevada  enacted  a  new  pharmacy  law  and  a  law  to  regulate  the 
sale  of  poisons  and  of  narcotics. 
