White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-16

NEVADA STATE PHARMACISTS
WILL WORK TO MAINTAIN
STATUTORY REGULATION OF
SALE OF NARCOTIC DRUGS.

The Nevada State Board OF Phar-
macy IS DESTROYS that the law gov
erning the sale of narcotic drugs be
enforced. The object was discussed
at the last meeting OF the board.
where it was ordered that the full
text of the Law be published in all
the papers in the state The Law is
as follows:
Omitting to Label Drugs. or Label
ing Them Wrongly.
Sec. PIT. Every person who. in
putting up any drug, medicine. or
food. or preparation used in medical
practice. or making up n preserip-
ton. or filling any order for drugs.
medicines. food Dr. preparation.
shall put any untrue label. stamp
or other designation OF contents upon
any box, bottle or other package con
tanning a drug. medicine, food or
preparation used in medical practice.
or substitute OF dispense a different
article for or in lieu of any article
prescribed, ordered or demanded. or
put up a greater or less quantity of
any ingredient specified in any such
prescription, order or demand then
that prescribed. ordered. or demand
ed. or otherwise deyiate from the
terms of the prescription, order. or
demand By substituting one drug for
another. shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor; provided. however, that, *
criptions, nothing herein contained
shall be deemed or construed I o pre-
vent or impair or in any name af-
feet the right of an apothecary, drug
gist. pharmacist or other person TO
recommend the purchase of an arti-
Gle other than that ordered, required
or demanded. but of a similar nature.
or to sell such other article in place
or in lieu of an article ordered, re-
quired or demanded, with the knowi-
edge and consent of the purchaser.
Regulating the Safe of Narcotic Drugs
Sec. 27S. 1t shall be unlawful for
any person to sell. furnish or dis
pose of any opium, morphine, aka
loid-coeaine, or alpha or beta eu-
caine, or any deriyatiye. mixture or
preparation of any of them. except
upon the signed prescription of a
physician duly licensed under the
laws of this state, which prescrip-
ton shall be retained by the person
dispensing the same. shall be filled
but once, and of which no copy shall
be taken by any person. The person
dispensing the same shall at the time
thereof indorse on the back of such
prescription the nam and street and
house number if any there be. of the
person to whom dispensed; and the
proprietor or manager of the store
where dispensed shall keep all such
prescriptions in a permanent file.
separate from all other prescrip-
tions, in his place of business for the
period of two years after the same
shall have been dispensed. and shall
at any time allow the same to be in
spected. and copies thereof to be
made by any peace officer, the pros
ecuting attorney of the county
where sold, or any authorized in
spector of drugs; provided, that
nothing herein contained shall pro-
hibit any manufacturer or licensed
druggist from selling or delivering
any of the drugs named to a person
known to be a licensed physician, IL
censed druggist, licensed dentist or
licensed veterinarian, nor prohibit a
physician from dispensing the m
in good faith to his patients. nor pro-
hibit the sale of patent or proprietary
medicines containing opium or NOR
phine, in combination or compound
with other active elements wherein
the dose of opium is less than one
quarter grain. or the dose of NOR
phine is less than one-twentieth
grain. Every person who shall vio-
late any of the provisions of this Sec
tion shall be guilty of a gross INSIDE
meanor.
Fraudulent Prescription by Physician
Sec. 279. Every physician who
shall sell or give to or prescribe for
any person any opium, morphine, al
kaloid-cocaine, or alpha or beta ell
caine, or any derivative, mixture or
preparation of any of them. except to
a patient believed in good faith TO