New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-29
State Printer to Furnish
the Serially Numbered
Blanks.
SALES OF OPIATES
MUST BE RECORDED
Addicts May Be Committed 10
State, County or City
Hospitals.

TIL. Rovlan anti-drug law, whicn
Ma w X Vanderbilt, Judge EDWARD
Swonr Assistant District Attorney
FIovd H Wilmot, Ernest X. Copiter
and others succeeded in pusning
through the Legislature the last Gay
of the session, goes into eheeL On
Wednesday. Despite the fears OF ITO
friends. the lack of an appropriate"
will not affect the power OF the raw
Owing to the haste and confusion
which marked the last days OF the
Legislature, there was no appropr,a-
ton for the printing Of order BLANKS,
which are the essential feature OF the
Boylan law. Within the last week OF
so fears for it's efficiency IN conse-
ouence became so acute that Judge
Swami, of General Sessions, who mas
long been active in the campaign
against cocaine and other drugs, wrote
TO the State Commissioner Of Health'
whose duty it is TO distribute the or
der blanks. ..,,u
Judge Swami wrote that the serially
numbered blanks constituted the cack-
bone of the law, and that ne uhoeI-
stood no appropriation had Deeh maze
for the printing of such blanks. ne
said that, if funds were lacking, ne
had made arrangements to get by sup
scription money enough to cover the
initial expenses.
He suggested that, if necessary, the
local health boards to which the pianks
were to be distributed would probably
be willing to pay the actual cost OIL
the blanks and be reimbursed wnen
the general appropriation bill went
through the next Legislature.
Volunteers to Stand Expense.
A reply came from the State Com
missioner of Health yesterday. he
wrote that the order blanks would be
sent to the local health boards to-day
The j. B. Lyon Company, state print
ers, had volunteered to stand the ex-
pense, the commissioner wrote. AFTER
to-day deliveries will be made daily:
Last weeks bulletin of the city
Health Department warned physicians,
druggists and veterinarians OF the new
law. The main purpose OF the Boylan
law is TO make a permanent record OF
every sale of choral, opium or of their
salts. alkaloids or derivatives. Pre-
scriptions for such drugs must be writ
ten on the official order blanks, which
are serially numbered and duplicated.
Physicians, druggists, veterinarians
and dentists must record the name and
address of each person for whom any
of these drugs are prescribed. Inc
sale, except on such prescription. is
prohibited.
Prescriptions must contain the full
name of the physician, veterinarian or
dentist issuing them, his office address,
office hours and telephone number, and
the name, age and address of the per-
son to whom a prescription is issued.
The date must also be on the preserip-
ton.
No prescription calling for more than
specified quantity of any of the
drugs shall be filled until its authority
has keen verified by telephone or
be filled more than ten days after its
issuance. The name and address OF
the purchaser must be recorded. The
label on the drug must contain the
name and address of the purchaser,
the physician and the druggist.
Record Kept Five Years.
Druggists are compelled to keep on
file the order blanks on which they
dispose of drugs. Physicians, veteri
narians and dentists must also keep
record of their prescriptions. Such
records must be kept for five years.
A violation of the law constitutes a
misdemeanOr, punishable by imprison-
ne1t for one year, or a fine of $500, or
both.
1t is further provided in the law
that magistrates and judges may COM
nit those addicted to drug habit to a
state. county or CITY hospital. II there
is no hospital available, or if the vic
tim does not seem to need medical at
tention, he may be committed to any
institution to which he might be COM
mitted for vagrancy.
Assistant District Attorney Wilmot
said yesterday that he thought little
or no confusion would attend the en-
forcement of the new law.