St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-02-27
ANTI-NARCOTIC Law GOES INTO
EFFECT FIRST OF
MONTH.
Physicians, Firms and Others Hanill.
ing Drugs Must Register
With Collector.

New Orleans, Feb. 25.-The Har-
rison Anti-Narcotic law, designed pri-
marily for restricting the use 81
drugs, will become effective March 1
Under the provisions of this Act
every physician, dentist, druggist.
veterinarian or other person, and
every partnership, association, COM
pany or corporation in Louisiana that
produces, imports, manufactures
compounds, deals in, dispenses, sells
distributes or gives oway opium OF
cocoa leaves, or any compounds, mus
register. with the Collector Of Inter
nal Revenue at his Office on or before
| March /, 1915.
The law is expected to do away
with many abuses in the way of the
| promiscupus use of drugs by physi-
clans and others, and it will not add
any considerable sum to the annual
revenues of the government.
| One section provides that drug
gists and spothecaries must refuse
to fill any prescription unless the
physician or surgeon writing il has
been duly registered, and giving up
on the prescription his registry num-
| Der. Further, THAT any person
who violates or fails to comply with
any of the requirements of this act
shall, on conviction be fined not more
than $4,000 or be imprisoned not
more than five years, or both, in the
discretion of the court
The Harrison act was inspired by
the remarkable growth Of the drug
habit in the United States. It's au-
thor believed that by placing proper
restrictions about the manufacture
sale and disposition of harmful
drugs, the evil would be greatly les
sened. On and after March 1 every
physician, dentist or veterinary SUR
geon must keep record of all drugs
dispensed or distributed, showing the
amount dispensed or distributed, -hc
date and the name and address o.
the patient to whom such drugs are
given.
1t is proposed to regulate the sale
of drugs by not allowing any one to
have them unless the request is az
companied by a prescription written
and signed by a doctor. The pre-
scription must be dated, and the
dealer must preserve the prescription
for a period of two years from the
day on which it was filed.
A tax of 81 is imposed upon those
coming within the meaning of the
narcotic law, and Section 2 of the
act says, in part:
That it shall be unlawful for any
person to sell, barter, exchange, or
give away any Of the aforesaid drugs
except in pursuance of a written or
der of the person to whom such ar
ticle is sold, bartered or exchange !,
orsgiven, on a form to be issued in
blank for that purpose by the Com
missioner Of Internal Revenue.
Every person who shall accept any
such order, and in pursuance thereof
shall sell, barter, exchange, or give
away any of the aforesaid drugs,
shall preserve such order for a period
Of two years in such a way a sto be
readily accessible to inspection by
any officer, agent, or employee of the
Treasury Department duly authoriz-
ed for that purpose, and the State,
Territorial, District, municipal, and
insu1ar officials named in section 5
of this Act.
Every person who shall give an or
der as herein provided to any other
person for any Of the aforesaid drugs
shall, at or before the time Of giving