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by  the  tariff  law  of  1897  probably  also  serves  as  a  restrictive  measure 
to  the  consumption  of  these  products,  which  appear  to  be  used  only 
for  improper  purposes.  The  Food  and  Drugs  Act  of  June  30,  1906, 
restricts,  by  information,  the  sale  and  use  of  certain  habit-forming 
drugs,  their  derivatives  and  preparations,  by  requiring  the  quantity 
or  proportion  present  to  be  declared  upon  the  label.  The  restrictions 
relative  to  imported  products,  however,  are  more  stringent,  in  that 
this  law  forbids  entry  not  only  to  drugs  adulterated  or  misbranded 
within  the  meaning  of  this  Act  but,  in  addition,  forbids  entry  to  a 
drug  which  is  "  dangerous  to  the  health  of  the  people  of  the  United 
States  or  is  of  a  kind  forbidden  entry  into,  or  forbidden  to  be  sold 
or  restricted  in  sale  in  the  country  in  which  it  is  made  or  from 
which  it  is  exported,  or  is  otherwise  falsely  labelled  in  any  respect, 
.    .  From  this  clause  it  is  clearly  evident  that  drugs  dangerous 
to  the  health  of  the  people  of  the  United  States,  or  of  a  character 
forbidden  to  be  sold  in  or  restricted  in  sale  in  the  countrv  of  pro- 
duction or  exportation,  "  shall  be  refused  admission  "  even  though 
they  comply  with  the  adulteration  and  misbranding  features  of  the 
Act.   It  is  under  this  clause  that  smoking  opium  is  debarred. 
With  the  exception  of  the  Post  Office  Appropriation  Act  which 
forbids  the  use  of  any  money  appropriated  thereby  for  carrying 
through  the  mails  any  cocaine  or  derivative  of  cocaine  for  the  fiscal 
year  beginning  July  1,  1908,  there  is  no  Act  which  regulates  or 
restricts  the  shipping  direct  to  the  consumer  6*r  otherwise,  into 
interstate  commerce,  which  is  now  a  common  practice,  pernicious 
habit-forming  drugs.  In  many  cases  they  are  shipped  into  jurisdic- 
tions where  stringent  restrictive  laws  prevail.  The  state  officials 
are  helpless.  Several  bills  have  been  introduced  into  the  present 
Congress  for  the  purpose  of  restricting  such  evils.  These  bills  will 
be  considered  in  the  latter  part  of  this  article. 
STATE  AND  TERRITORIAL  LAWS. 
It  will  be  impossible  to  consider  more  than  general  principles, 
and  for  this  reason  if  two  or  more  states  have  the  same  or  similar 
laws  a  resume  of  the  law  will  be  considered  under  the  first  state,  or 
the  District  of  Columbia,  taken  alphabetically,  and  for  other  states, 
etc.,  having  similar  laws,  suitable  references  will  be  made  together 
with  the  more  important  variations.  The  general  headings  advise 
what  particular  features  obtain  in  each  jurisdiction.  In  order  to 
save  repetition  and  some  space  a  number  of  explanatory  statements 
