THE  AMERICAN 
JOURNAL  OF  PHARMACY 
PHARMACISTS  AND  THE  PROHIBITION  ENFORCE- 
The  National  Prohibition  Enforcement  Act  and  the  regulations 
CT.  D.  2940)  issued  by  the  Internal  Revenue  Bureau  for  the  en- 
forcement of  this  and  the  several  Congressional  enactments  that 
were  precursory  thereto,  have  placed  additional  responsibilities 
upon  the  pharmacists  of  the  United  States.  In  anticipation  of  such 
action,  the  former  president  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Asso- 
ciation recommended  at  the  New  York  meeting  that  such  added 
responsibilities  "  should  be  accepted  as  a  tribute  to  the  dignity  and 
responsibility  of  the  calling  and  as  a  recognition  of  the  honesty  and 
worthiness  of  the  profession  as  a  whole  which  is  implied  by  such  a 
trust."  We  have  faith  in  the  medical  and  pharmaceutical  profes- 
sions and  believe  that  these  on  the  whole  will  measure  up  fully  to 
the  responsibility. 
Whatever  the  reasoning  that  actuated  the  f  ramers  of  this  law,  its 
enactment  has  established  beyond  controversy  several  important 
principles.  The  use  of  distilled  spirits  and  wines  as  medicines  is 
clearly  recognized  as  a  proper  use  of  non-beverage  liquors  and 
thus  the  limitations  of  T.  D.  2788  which  declared  "that  the  with- 
drawal of  whiskey,  brandy,  and  other  distilled  spirits  was  pre- 
sumed to  be  for  beverage  purposes''  and  not  permissible  under  the 
W'ar  Prohibition  Law  and  the  further  declaration  therein  that  "  it 
is  not  believed  that  there  is  any  legitimate  use  for  wines  for  me- 
dicinal purposes  "  are  abrogated.  Other  distilled  spirits  for  medicinal 
purposes,  as  well  as  alcohol,  is  thereby  made  available  at  the  non- 
beverage  excise  tax  of  $2.20  per  proof  gallon  instead  of  the  bever- 
NOVEMBER,  igig 
EDITORIAL. 
MENT  LAW. 
