The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-02-03
ROPER FIXES RULES
GOVERNING LIQUOR
Physicians Can Secure Spirits for
Medical Purposes-Prohteers
Are Warned.

tanned for medical purposes and de-
tailed regulations governing their
sale were made public tonight by the
Bureau of Internal Revenue. An
nouncement also was made that the
bureau had compiled a system of per-
mits, providing a definite and fixed
channel through which all intoxica-
ting liquors must move, and by which
hereafter the government will know
the location of every gallon of dis
titled liquor within the nations
boundaries, except that stored in
private homes.
In setting forth the ways in which
liquor may be procured, Commits
sioaer Roper took occasion to issue a
warning against profteering in its
sale. The commissioner declared that
exorbitant charges for liquor for med
ical purposes certainly places the dis
pensers thereof in the class with prof.
teers and they will be investigated" :"
To Be Sold Under Permit.
Mr.. Roper also announced that all
LIQUOR seized under federal law
prior to last October %, unless
claimed under the sixty-day ruling,
would be sold by order of the court
under the ju. .isdiction of which it is
held. It must be sold, however, to a
holder of permit to use it either for
medical or nonbeverage purposes.
Both the physician who prescribes
and the pharmacist who sells liquor,
the regulation provide, must have a
permit which may be obtained from
the federal prohibition director.
Other details of the method by which
liquor for medical purposes may be
purchased follow:
One Pint Limit.
amy physician duly licensed to
practice medicine and actively engag-
ed in the practice of such profession
may obtain a permit to prescribe IN
toxicating liquor and may then is
prescriptions for distilled spirits,
wines or certain alcoholic medicinal
preparations for medicinal purposes
for persons upon whom he is IN at
tendance in cases where he believes
that the use of liquor as medicine
is necessary. In no case may spirit
uous liquor be prescribed by one or
more physicians in excess Of one pint
for the same person within period of
ten days.
( "All prescriptions for /. te Eating
liquor are required to be written on
prescription blanks provided by the
bureau, except that in emergency
cases physicians may use their regu-
lar prescription blanks.
Registered Dealers Only.
prescriptions for Intoxicating
liquors may be filled only by regis
tered pharmacists who hold permits
authorizing 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
liquors from manufacturers or other
persons holding permits authorizing
them to sell liquor.
persons to whom prescriptions for
Intoxicating liquor are issued by ply
sicians may procure the liquor pre-
scribed through pharmacists or drug
gists holding permits without obtain
ing permit.
May Obtain Six Quarts.
"Physicians may also obtain per-
mits emitting them to procure not
more than six quarts of distilled
spirits, wines or certain alcoholic pre-
parations during any calendar years
for administration to their patients in
emergency cases where delay in pro-
curing liquor on prescription
through pharmacist might have seri-
Gus consequence to the patient.
''Provision is also made in the regu-
lations for issuing permits to hospi-
tails and sanatoriums 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 establish
ments maintaining first aid stations,
authorizing them to procure such
liquor for administration to their
employees for medicinal purposes in
emergency cases."