The Alaska daily empire., 1915-02-11

6y tho commissioner ot internal eose
 nue t aiao provides Aat duplicate
 orders ho kept by he pWchaaor From
 ihia order blank reqhlfemens the eA'
 coptlona are mnde in be case ot che
 dispeuElue 10 his patient by a phym. < cian. doutst or yeterinarian who. how. l ever ahail keep q record ot such drugs osafe a'apensed by aimi 'Ae ple3elipf
 tion oi q physician eentst or yetori. marian dispensed by a dealeE 2 which viii serve in place of special order ! when properly iiied tho shipment ln- Go foreign couutrio under epeclai reg. ulations and finally when pmchaa. cd by federal State county and mnni- ! cipal hospitals md prison authorities
 The rest of ,ho section provides for !. preparation of the order blanks and I Inc sale Of these to dealers at price of not more than one dollar hun. dred. lt further provides for admin
 straeon Of Che lew by federal oiiic' lals,
 Section 8 directs the submitting by ! on registered deaiers of reporis or sales at intervals determipd by the collector of internal revenue, but in ! no case exceeding three months with ] details aa to administration ot this part Of the law
 Section ! prohibits Che interstate ! shipment of opium or cocoa leaves and their derivatives except by regis. tered dealers It exempts common carriers, employees Of registered firms or messngrs conveying the prescrip- ldon of q physician, dentist or veter mary registered under ihis act
 Section . deals with the enforcement of the law including tho right in in- speot duplicate order forms and a pros ihibition or divulging information con. 1 ,ained in the reports flied by deaiera except to duly authorized Federal ] State. or municipal officials
 Section 6 exemptg from the opera. ton of the law, preparations contain ing less than grains of opium one, ! fourth of a grain or morphine one eighth Of a grain Of heroine or one grain of codino to the ounce Also external preparations. except those containing cocaine. alpha and beta eucaine and syntretic substitutes of these. De-cocainized cocoa prepara, tlons are also exempted.
 Section 2 extends the internal reve- nue laws to cover the anti.narcouc law; section 8. makes possession of tho drugs unlawful; exemptions bel ing made for employees of registered dealers. nurses under the supervision Of physicians, dentists. or yeterlnar-I ians registered under the act; patients prescribed for in good faith; govern ment officials in prisons or hospitals. warehousemen, etc.; section g pre- scribes the penalty for violations theI maximum being S2.00 fine and live years Imprisonment or both section n approprlates S15O,000 to enforce the act while section l2 provides that the act does n0to repeal the national food and rugs act nor the opium act of 1909
 This law should prove effective in| stopping unlawful traffic in narcotics of Che opium and cocoa type in those communities whore strong loeai stat utes obtain Within the confines of the State, for Instance the Boylan law has proven highly effective, but there has been loop-hole as far as Che city is concerned in the fact that narcotic habitues could ierry across into New Jersey and secure the drugs for which they crave. The Harrison law will put a quiems upon this prao- tlce and win, as vol, under the sale of narcotics in those states where strong laws designed to lessen the evil are still lacking.
 The operation or the net within State win be watched with interest. As the statute is framed as an Internal revenue measure, it Is operative, even as are tlR whiskey and tobacco laws withn the state and on the other hand, prosecutions for iIlesal inter. state sales are presumably entrusted Co the State and local authorities as well as Co the federal government, which will cooperate with local ofiio- ials to the extent of furnishing evil denco. based on the order blanks pro. vided in the statute. These order. blanks constitute the most likely source of friction between the federal and local authorities; for in states like New York wher Q narcotic order blonl, is already provided for, there is danger of a clash. We feel conh' dent however. that such differences as these win be readily adjusted in# the regulations provided for by the fed.I eral authorities
 And 80 we welcome the Harrison law. as the final link in the chain de- signed to hold captive the narcotic evil. The statute will mean some ex-I pense and much bother to all branch es of the drug trade but if it accom- plshes the work for which lt is in-l tended, this expense and labor will not be in vain.
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