St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-02-17
TO REGULATE DRUGS
Now Federal Law Goes Into Effect
on March First-Much Reg
iStering Necessary,
STEERING Necessary.

The Caledonian is indebted to
John S. White for the following
facts concerning the new federal
law regulating the sale and use of
narcotic drugs and the article will
undoubtedly have a wide reading
Many dealers who have sold drugs
without restriction in the past may
also learn something that will save
them annoyance and expense under
the new law which takes effect
March L, 1915.
The following notes refer to the
points in the federal narcotic law
that are the least understood by
druggists, doctors, dentists and vet
erinaries. L secured this informa-
ton by several interviews with Mr.
Harrigan, the deputy collector at
Portsmouth, N. H.
Every druggists, doctor, dentist
and veterinarian in Vermont and
New Hampshire must register with
the internal revenue collector at
Portsmouth, N. H., before March l.
Before that date he will receive from
the collector a blank form on which
to make his application for registry
With his application he must send
"a cents. No druggist or doctor
can buy or sell opiates without a
written order on government
blank. This order must be from
and to a registered person only No
doctors prescription containing op-
iates can be filled by druggist if
the doctor is not registered. No
other person will be allowed to reg
lister except the four professional
men mentioned above.
Every registered person without
nynnnfinT1 c+o TO
ment of account of all opiates on
hand to the collector before March
5, and a doctor must send this in
ventory even though he has on hand
only a few hypodermic tablets of
morphine or a solution of cocain or
tablets for solutions; no special
form for inventory is required or
will be supplied.
Every doctor and dentist must
supply himself with a suitable blank
book for recording the date, the
kind and quantity of the opiate and
the name and address of every per-
son to whom he dispenses or distri-
butes any opiate; these records must
be made except when the doctor
personally visits the patient. per
sonally visits" does not mean an of
fee call. Every written prescrip-
ton must bear the full name and ad-
dress of the patient and of the doc
tor and the doctors registry number.
No prescription can be repeated, it
must be rewritten each time. When
the collector has reason to suspect
from the number of order blanks OBJ
tanned by any person that there is
an unlawful use of the opiates he
will investigate. Inspecting officers
will visit at irregular intervals the
premises of all persons registering
under this act.
In order that a druggist or doc
| tor of Vermont and New Hampshire
may purchase opiates from any
source whatever he must register,
and he must present an order duly
made in duplicate, such order in
blank to be secured only from Ports
mouth, N. H. No doctor can secure
or purchase opiates for himself by
writing prescription. Order blanks
will be supplied only by filling out a
proper form supplied by the collec-
tor at Portsmouth and they will be
supplied only in books of ten each,
or in multiples of ten.
| No private hospital is exempt from
these provisions. A hospital con-
Quoted by a city, county or state, is
exempt.
The law does not apply to prepa-
rations which do not contain more
grain of heroin, 1 grain of Codine
or grains of opium in one fluid
ounce or, if a solid or semi-solid in
one avoirdupois ounce. The law
does apply to cocaine in any form OF
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