Am.  Jour.  Pharm.  ") 
Xovember,  1919.  ■* 
Editorial. 
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nizes  that  alcohol  is  indispensable  in  the  preparation  and  preserva- 
tion of  many  medicines.  The  dispensing  of  distilled  and  vinous 
liquors  as  medicines  is  thus  recognized  as  a  distinctly  professional 
duty  of  the  pharmacists  and  of  no  other  class  and  as  a  necessary 
non-beverage  use  of  these.  It  would  follow  that  the  necessity  for 
the  classification  of  "  Retail  Liquor  Dealer  "  had  ceased  to  exist  in 
the  Treasury  Department.  The  pharmacist  under  this  permit  can 
never  become  a  dealer  in  or  dispenser  of  beverage  spirits  and  his 
classification  under  this  objectionable  title  is  now,  more  than  ever  be- 
fore, incongruous  and  should  be  forthwith  discontinued  by  direc- 
tion of  the  Department  as  inconsistent  with  the  law  and  the  regula- 
tions. 
The  regulations,  T.  D.  2940,  that  have  been  framed  by  the 
Department  for  the  enforcement  of  the  National  Prohibition  Act 
and  the  several  preceding  acts  known  as  the  Food  Control  Act,  the 
War  Prohibition  Act  and  the  Revenue  Law  of  191 8  contain  many 
features  that  will  have  to  be  carefully  studied  by  pharmacists  in 
order  that  they  may  comply  therewith.  As  we  now  view  these,  it 
would  seem  that  it  may  prove  a  hardship  if  not  impracticable  to 
literally  comply  with  some  of  the  most  exacting. 
All  persons  who  desire  to  use  for  manufacturing  purposes  or 
to  sell  distilled  spirits  or  wines  for  medicinal  or  non-beverage  pur- 
poses will  be  required  to  file  an  application  in  triplicate  with  the 
Prohibition  Enforcement  Officer  of  the  State  in  which  the  business 
is  to  be  conducted  which  must  be  approved  by  the  Commissioner 
of  Internal  Revenue  and  likewise  a  bond  in  duplicate  to  be  ap- 
proved by  the  said  Prohibition  Enforcement  Officer.  The  minimum 
amount  of  the  bond  is  to  be  $1,000,  the  maximum  $100,000  in  ac- 
cordance with  quantity  of  liquors  purchased.  All  permits  issued 
prior  to  Xovember,  191 9,  will  have  to  be  renewed  under  the  amended 
form  and  the  permit  must  receive  the  approval  of  the  Commissioner 
and  all  holders  of  these  permits  are  required  to  give  a  new  bond  not 
later  than  December  1,  1919. 
The  new  form  of  application  for  permit  contains  several  new 
features.  Paragraph  (b)  in  this  provides  for  a  statement  regarding 
each  preparation  that  is  neither  U.  S.  P.  or  N.  F.,  requiring  the  name 
of  the  preparation,  for  whom  manufactured,  per  cent,  of  alcohol  by 
volume,  and  each  of  these  preparations  must  have  the  approval  of 
the  Commissioner.   When  new  special  formulas  or  preparations  are 
