Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-27
REGULATION OF OPIUM
Rules Promulgated as to I'M
portation and Sale.
Definition OF THE DRUG
Treasury Department Requires Strict
Records Kept.
FOR MEDICINAL USE ONLY
Names Of Purchasers Must Be Regis
tered by Sellers-Conditions Of
Shipment and Storage in Bond.

Regulations governing the importation
and sale of opium were issued by thu
Treasury Department today, as author
lied by the act passed by the Sixtfetf
Congress, last session. and signed BY
President Roosevelt February 9.
The regulations provide that opium
shall be imported and sold for medicina,
purposes only. Opium is defined. Re
quirements are stringent for keeping rec
ords of all sales Of opium in America
Under these regulations opium 1.
construed to cover all forms of this drue
known to the trade, such as gum opium
powdered opium, denarcctized opium
granular opium. smoking opium. cooked
opium. etc Smoking opium" and ''opi
UNI prepared for smoking are construed
as meaning the same. Preparation 1,
defined to mean any product. mixture o,
compound containing or representing
opium.
''Derivative'' covers under the ree1lla
lions salts. combinations. compounds OF
preparations OF the following alkaloids
Morphine. codeine, dionine. diacetyl NOR
phine. heroine. peronine, their salts
chlorldes, sulphates or phosphates.
With respect to the meaning Of "medici
nal purposes" the regulations provide
that opium may be used onl. for thu
ease.
Ports Of Entry.
When imported for medicinal purposes
opium may be entered for immediate
transportation in bond or for consump.
ton or warehouse at Baltimore. Boston,
Chicago. Detroit, New Orleans. New
York. Philadelphia, San Francisco. Seat
tie and st. Louis. Before delivery is made
If Of tHA A.k 80
be satisfied that the opium Is imported FOL
medicinal purposes only.
The owner or ultimate consignee OF
every importation must file with the col
ton, with sworn declaration that 1t is
Tor medicinal purposes only. The name Of
the dealers to whom the whole consisn.
ment or parts Of 1t are sold must also be
given.
With regard to the distribution and
sale Of opium tho regulations says:
The entire number Of packages OF
opium or preparations or derivatives
thereof offered for importation shall be
ordered into the appraisers warehouse
be made of crude or manufactured
opium in quantities or packages con.
tanning less than 100 pounds; nor Of NOR.
phine OF its salts, either singly or as.
ing less than fifty ounces. nor Of codeine
heroine, dionine. dacetyl morphine, their
salts or any other derivative Of opium o,
it's salts not otherwise provided for
either singly or assorted. in quantities
or packages containing less than twenty
five ounces, and then only upon the re-
port of the appraiser as to their quail.
ity. purity and fitness for medicinal pur-
poses. and upon compliance with the ex.
listing laws and regulations governing the
importation Of drugs and medicines.
Payment Of Duties.
Opium or preparations thereof depos.
tied in bonded warehouses shall not be
removed therefrom without payment OF
duties, and such duties shall not be re,
funded.
importers shall keep separately from
other records a record Of all sales Of i'm.
ported opium and derivatives or prepare
tons OF opium. showing the names of thu
purchasers, their place of business, date
Of sale and the name and quantity Of the
article sold. which record shall be opeI
to the proper customs officers"