Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-31
CY BOARD Will
K into DRUG SALES
Roland Ii. Childrey and
h Cunningham to BE
Reviewed.
bN BY SCHOOL BOARD

IN by SCHOOL BOARD
Pleads Guilty to Sale of
orming Drugs Will Con-
Act as Director for Pub
OILS.
|e Board OF Pharmacy ut it's
the third Tuesday In jan
consider the case of Roland
~ and Judson Cunningham,
iond druggists recently AR
the Police Court on tho
illegally dispensing hcro.n.
nccment was made yesterday
try I. a. Miller. Of the State
IT is unknown whether the
consider the facts In the
;ient for /, to take further
hildrey entered a plea Of
court and was fined the nom
pr s25. Cunningham is deter
hsnt. and trial Of his case
'oncd
the State Board OF Pharmacy
Impose penalty upon Chill
cunningham, If the latter Is
inc cases against the drug
be dropped after their COM
the Police Court. Childrey
Der Of the City School Board.
body VIII take no action
against him. according to an
ment made yesterday By f.. G.
airman of the board. Tho
section OF the Retail Mcr-
association has not as yet con-
Eaking official coRnizance OF
Ter. and II is thought improb-
II VIII do so. Any consid-
Df the case will certainly be
until after the conclusion Of
bingham hearing. according to
ldrey. chairman OF the sec
TED TO HIRING PROMINENT
INTO COURT, SAYS MILLER
ary Miller again praised the.
Detective Sergeant Krengel
ect!ve Smith In an interview
y. He said that he had known
Vest!Sation for some time, and
In close touch with the de-
hts In the cases. II know that
e names of the druggists sus-
n these cases became known
was considerable pressure
TO bear In an effort to have
quashed," the secretary said.
that there was considerable
pm, as to the advlsability OF
such prominent men into
l n the part OF high officials. /
Pw that Detective krengel in
3iat this was all the more rex
they should be arEestSd1 and
heartily GgLTed
,u r.''cuiofs to rush ignorant
Govt on charges Of being
the dope traffic and
IS!hcm 70 jail or to the. peni-
when educated men thorough
tainted with the drugs and the
~ OF the offense are allowed
pc, because OF social standing.
re the more guilty. and should
II with accordingly. Yes. sir.
ate Board OF Pharmacy is in
accord with the work Of the
n these Investigations. and Will
in it's power TO assist these de-
J, who have shown that they
err ths guilty parties. no matter
cy may be-
lover MENT LAW
. asWlLJ. -pRI1NEST TRAFFIC.
Miller said that the laws gov
the sale OF habit-forming drugs
ng made more stringent in re-
ears. and that after March /.
The Hughes antidrug act goes
ect, II will be possible to trace
grain OF these drugs to the ac-
onsuner. The Hughes law was
at the last session of Congress,
luires the manufactures 10 keep
d of all lots of habit-forming
sold. The wholesaler keeps a
of the amount purchased from
,urce. and also n record to the
TO whom II is sold with the
y disposed OF. And the re-
through prescriptions. must ac-
Tor every grain which he sells.
; system II will be possible for
4,rnment inspectors accurately
u the amount Of the drugs sold
locate illegal dispensers, through
nal accountings of the stock
lords OF each concern.
secretary is of the opinion that
1is law in effect the consump-
drugs will be materially de-
|. and that those engaged Fthc
will eventually be put out of
i. Violations of the law will
secuted under the State law, as
raj thing, the government in
s furnishing the evidence. In
Mon OF Mr.. Miller. there should
in the law governing
pensing of cocaine and that gov
the dispensing Of morphine and
vatives. one of which is heroin.
Miller commented upon the re-
of local physicians in testify
cases concerning the use of
orming drugs. He said that
rable evidence had been gath
the police and f. l.. Brands, field
ry of the State Board of Phar-
relative to the prescribing of
rugs. but that il had been i'm
e to secure the agreements Of
edmond physicians to testify
Ie doses called for were excess
his point Mr.. Miller was asked
eferred to the charges recently
I against DR.. j. w. Williams.
st Franklin Street. The secre-
Id not deny that he did. He
led by saying that in the treat
t persons addicted to the use Of
1t was generally the practice
over exactly how much the pa
aa been in the habit Of using
prescribing. Then II Ia the
,ase to see that the patient does
ure any drug other than that
~ the physician, who gradually
1es the dose. In cases brought
attention OF the police and the
oard. it has been shown that
scriptions gradually increased