The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-19
SAVE INF AN IS,
SAYS COUNCIL
Assertion Made That Soothing
Syrups Contain Dope" and
Should Be Barred.
FATHERS DISCUSS THE
NEW DRUG ORDINANCE
Strong Statements Made by
Physician; Passage Of Meas
IRE Is Recommended.

Salt Lake City stands in n fair way
Of obtaining "dope' ordinance no"
that should go a long way towards les
sening the wholesale use oil opJeceion,
able drugs, poisonablc both to the m1na
and the body and reducing Ine n"iNo
of N'dope tiendS. , -,
After lengthy discussion the ciLy
conncil sitting as committee or INC
whole. decided Thursday evening 10 reG-
ommend for passage an ordinance Pro-
hibiting the sale of OF disposal. OF CO.
caine, morphine, heron. or opium VI
any of the derivatives Of opium OF any
preparation wherein either Is an mgr
dent except upon the prescription Oh
a reputable licensed practicing physi-
cian and such prescription shall not oo
rciilled, 81
The restrictions do not apply, oil
course. to preparations recognized ny
the United States pharmacopla OF W
standard proprietary med1clneS tnat ",e
not narcotic, neither do they apply 10
the wholesale sale by jobbers, whoiesal-
ers and manufacturers to retailers nor
to sales at retail by retail druggists 10
regular practitioners OF medicine, den
tistry or veterinary medicine, nor saies
made to manufacturers of proprietary
or pharmaceutical preparations TOT use
In the manufacture of such preparations,
nor TO sales to hospitals, colleges, scien'
tIfc or public institutions.
The penalty for violation of the meas
ure is a kne of 5000 or Imprisonment
in the city Jail for six months or both
such fine and Imprisonment.
How Measure Is Drafted.
The measure is drafted on lines pro
posed by the physicians. Dr. X. W.
Fisher represented the doctors and JOY
II. Johnson acted as chief spokesman
for the druggists. The hitch came over
the word derivatives and so"called
soothing syrups. The druggists rather
wanted the word "derivatives strick-
en- out and appeared to be divided as to
whether soothing syrups are sedatives
or narcotics. In this connection it was
suggested that the maximum amount of
the drugs or their derivatives to be al
lowed in soothing syrups and the like
be placed in the ordinance but nothing
was done as to this
The physicians contend that the
grown-up "dope' fend is incurable and
lost, and that the ordinance should be
directed more towards prevention than
cure. According to the physicians many
Of the so-called soothing syrups contain
enough "dope" to place them In the
narcotic class and the Hdope' habit is
developed in many infants through the
use Of these syrups. DR.. Fisher wanted
so.called soothing syrups barred under
the measure. Winslow's soothing syrup
was the chief one complained of.
Should Bar Soothing Syrup.
"Soothing syrup stunts the child S
growth and hurts his mentality" was
one of DR.. Fisher IS strong statements.
Little or no complaint was made
against cough medicines containing
drugs.
Charles Van Dyke of the Van Dyke
drug store classed DR.. Fishers state
ments as to soothing syrup as purely
theoretical and said that he has no
knowledge of the development of
single "dope' fend from the use of
soothing syrups
Chief of Police Barlow said that from
eight TO ten "dope' cases reach the
police station every ten or twelve days.
The habit starts with smoking, then
the victim drifts to cocaine on account
or the time and cost caused by smoking.
The victims range in ages from Is to 80
years. The victims obtain the "dope'
through agents or bootleggers, Chief
Barlow said, but the users ordinarily
Zealously protect the distributors Of it.
Save the Infants.
Mr.. Hall said that he didn It care so
much for the cold timers" but that
he thought that the council ought to do
the habit and favored a strict measure.
Such a measure might make big stock
OF soothing syrup worth only SO cents
on the dollar. Mr.. Hall said, but money
shouldn It weigh.
J. l.. Franken OF the Druehl- -Franken
store classed the soothing syrup prop
osltlon as big bug bear There is
little of it sold, he said, and he never
heard of Edope" case developins
from the use of soothing syrup. TOO
much har splitting was another Of Mr..
+ franken s complaints. lie urged that
the word derivatives" be cut out
roIlowlng this the physicians ordi-
The dope measure took ND so much
time that the committee did not Get to,
Pay rolls for the half month endjpo
august 10, amounting to $ls,6I5.59
were authorized '''