The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-02-13
REGULATIONS GOVERNING
WHISKY STOCK SALES
Whisky Stocks Must Be Sched-
uled With Federal Agents; Per-
mits Required for Removal
BEVERAGE SALE BANNED
Physicians and Pharmacists May
Procure Whisky for Medici-
nal Purposes

Under the terms OF the Volstead
code it was required that all liquors
stored outside private homes be
scheduled with the government not
later than January u and any liquor
not so scheduled was subject to con-
fscation after February |. Such liq-
uor can not be removed without per-
nit from the government and its
owners can not dispose of it for bev-
erage purposes. 1t may be sold or
used for those purposes exempted un-
der the Volstead code.
On January % methods by which
Intoxicating liquors may be obtained
for medicinal purposes and detailed
regulations governing their sale were
made Public by the Bureau of Inter
nal Revenue.
1t was also announced that the Bu-
reau had compiled system OF per-
mits providing definite and fixed
channel through which all intoxicat-
ing liquors must move and through
which hereafter the government will
know the exact location of every gal
lon of Intoxicating liquor within the
nations boundaries except that stored
in private homes.
Commissioner Roper also issued
warning against profiteering in the
sale of liquor. He declared that ex-
orbitant prices for liquors certainly
places the dispenser thereof in the
class with prohteers and they will be
investigated" Mr. Roper further an
nounced that all liquor seized under
federal law prior to last October %,
unless claimed under the sixty days
ruling would be sold by order of the
courts either for medicinal or nom
beverage purposes. Both the physi-
clan who prescribes and the pharma-
cist who sells liquor, according to
the regulations, must have permit
which can be obtained from the Fed
eral Prohibition director. Other de.
tails of the method by which liquor
for medicinal purposes may be pur.
chased are:
Any physician duly licensed to
practice medicine and actively en-.
gagged in the practice of such pro.
fession may obtain permit to pre-.
scribe Intoxicating liquor, and may
then issue prescriptions for dis
titled spirits, wines or certain alco-
! holic. medicinal PREPARATIONS for. me:
dcinal purposes for persons upon
whom he is in attendance in cases
where he believes the use OF liquor
as medicine is necessary. In nc
case may spirituous liquor be pre-.
scribed by one or more physicians in
excess of one pint for the same per-
son within any period of 10 days.
All prescriptions for Intoxicating
liquor are required to be written on
prescription blanks provided by the
bureau, except that in emergency
cases physicians may use their reg
ular prescription blanks.
Prescriptions for Intoxicating liq-
kuor may be filled only by registered
pharmacists who hold permits au-
thorizing them to do SO, or who are
employed by retail druggists holding
such permits. Pharmacists and drug
gists holding such permits will pro-
cure their supplies of Intoxicating
liquor from manufacturers or other
persons holding permits authorizing
them to sell liquor.
Persons to whom prescriptions for
Intoxicating liquor are issued by
physicians may procure the liquor
prescribed through pharmacists or
druggists holding permits without
obtaining permit.
Physicians may also obtain permits
emitting them to procure not more
than six quarts of distilled spirits,
wines or certain alcoholic prepara-
tons during any calendar year for
administration to their patients in
emergency cases where delay in pro-
curing liquor on prescription
through a pharmacist might have
serious consequence to the patient.
Provision is also made in the regu-
lations for issuing permits to hospi-
tails and sanitariums to enable them
to procure Intoxicating liquor to be
administered for medicinal purposes
to patients at such institutions, and
also for issuing permits to manufac-
turing, industrial and other estab-
lishments maintaining hrst-aid sta
tons, authorizing them to procure
such liquor for administration to their
employees for medicinal purposes in
emergency cases.