The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1920-02-12
CAN PRESCRIBE wHISkEY.
Doctors and Druggists Required 10
Secure Permits.


medical purposes
Both the physician who prescribe'
and TIE pharmiclst or druggist Wh'
sells liquor for medical purposes mus
have IA permit Application for Tue
permits should be made to tie Fed
eral prohibition director. In STATES
where prohibition directors have not
been appointed application Should DE-
made to the Collector Of Internal ReV
enuc. In the case Of residents OF the
District of Columbia Application
should be made to Collector of Internal
Revenue. Joshua W. Miles, Baltimore,
Md.
Blank forIns-1403-for prescribing
liquors are being printed and distribute
cd among Federal prohibition directors
assistant directors and collectors Oh
internal revenue. Where such blanks
are not yet available, physicians hold
ing permits may issue prescriptions on
blanks regularly used by them.
Following is the Bureaus state
ment:
"Any physician duly licensed to
practice medicine and actively engag-
ed in the practice of such profession
may obtain permit to prescribe in
toxicating liquor and may then issue
prescriptions for distilled spirits, wines
or certain alcoholic medicinal prepar-
atoms for medici al purposes for per-
sons upon whom he is In attendance In
cases where he believes that the use
of liquor as a medicine Is necessary.
In no case may spurious liquor be pre-
scribed by one or more physicians in
excess of one pint for the same per-
son within any period of ten days.
mo specific limitation is placed up
on the quantity of wines which may
be prescribed for medical purposes.
The regulations merely require that
no prescription be issued for a great
err quantity than is necessary for use
as a medicine. Physicians who do not
hold permits to prescribe intoxicating
liquor are under no circumstances per-
mitted to issue prescriptions
"All prescriptions for intoxicating
liquor are required to be written on
prescription blanks prescibed by the
regulations (Form 1909, and to be
provided by the Bureau, except that
in emergency cases physicians may
use their regular prescription blanks
provided the same contain the date of
issue, amount prescribed, to whom is
sued, and directions for use stating
the amount and frequency of dose
Pending an adequate supply of the
official blanks being printed and dis.
tributed to directors and acting di.
rectors, physicians holding permits
have been authorized to issue prescrip-
tions on blanks regularly used by them
prescriptions for Intoxicating liq.
uor may be filled only by registered
pharmacists who hold permits auth.
orizing them to do so, or who are en-
pfoyed by retail druggists holding such
permits. Pharmacists and druggists
holding such permits will procure their
supplies of intoxicating liquor from
manufacturers or other persons hold
Ing permits authorizing them TO sell
liquor.
Persons to whom prescriptions fol
intoxicating liquor are issued by ply
sicians may procure the liquor pre-
scribed through pharmacists or drug
gists holding permits without obtain
ing permit
Physicians may also obtain per
mits emitting them to procure no
more than six quarts of distilled spir
its, wines or certain alcoholic prepar
atoms during any calendar year fo
administration TO their patients i
emergency cases where delay in pre-
curing liquor on u prescription throug
a pharmacist might have serious COZ
sequence to the patient.
Provision Is also made in the re,
utations for issuing permits to hospi
ais and sanatoriums to enable them I
procure Intoxicating liquor to be al
ministered for medicinal purposes I
patients at such institutions and ais
fm issuing Permits to manufacturin;
industrial, and other establishment
maintaining first aid stations. authasi
i.g them to procure liquor for admit.
istration to their employees for med
cal purposes In emergency eases.
"Ail applications for permits abo,
referred to should he made ON Forl
i404 in triplicaie and forwarded to III
lacal Collector of Internal Revenue.
section ~ of the National Pr,
h,bition Act provides that any inte,
: ieating liquor seized under section .
or s,ctinn 26 thereof. and subject tn /
DESTROYED, may upon anplifation of m