The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-09

 GOVERNING
 USE OF LIQUOR
Both Physician and Drug. gist Must Have
 Permit.

Hartford, Feb. 9-Jarnes J. Walsh, Collector of Internal Revenue today issued a statement relative to the reg u1attons governing the use and pro- curement of intoxicating liquors for medicinal purposes.
 Both the physician who prescribeS and the pharmacist or druggist wno sells liqSsor for medicinal purposes must have a permit Application fol the permits should be made to the federal prohibition director. In states where prohibition directors have not been appointed, application should be made to the Collector of Internal Revenue. In the case of residents Of the District of Columbia application should be made to Collector of Inter- nal Revenue, Joshua W. Miles, Balt1- more.
 Blank formS-t403-for prescribing liquor are being printed and distri- buted among federal prohibition di- rectors, assistant directors and col. lectors of Internal Revenue. Where such blanks are not yet available, phy- sicians holding permits may issue pre- scriptions on blanks regularly used by them.
 Following is the Bureaus state- ment:
 Any physician duly licensed to practice medicine and actively en- gagged in the practice of such profess sion may obtain a permit to prescribe intoxicating liquor and may tH'n is sue prescriptions for distilled spirits wines or certain alcoholic medicinal preparations for medicinal purposes upon whom he is in attendance in cases where he believes that the use of liquor as 8 medicine is necessary. In no case may spurious liquor be prescribed by one or more physicians in excess of one pint for the same person within any period of ten days.
 ''No specific limitation is placed upon the quantity of wines which may be prescribed for medicinal pur- poses. The regulations merely re- quire that no prescription be issued for 9 greater quantity than is neces- sary for use as a medicine. Physi- s1ans who do not hold permits to pre- scribe intoxicating liquor are under no circumstances permitted to issue prescriptions.
 "A1l prescriptions for intoxicating liquor are required to be written on prescription blanks prescribed by the regulations CForm 1400 and 60 be 7Ho- vGded by the Bureau, except that in emergency cases physicians may use
 
 vided the same contain the date of Is sue, amount prescribed, to whom is sued, and directions for use stating the amount and frequency of dose i Pending an adequate supply of the official blanks being printed and dis | trDbuted to directors and acting di- rectors, physicians holding permits have been authorized to issue pre-. scriptions on blanks regularly used by them.
 | "Prescriptions for intoxicating n- quor may be filled only by registered pharmacists who hold permits author izing them to do so, or who are en- ployed by retail druggists holding such permits. Pharmacists and drug gists holding such permits will pro- cure their supplies of intoxicating li- quor from manufacturers or other persons holding permits authorizing them to sell liquor.
 l Persons to whom prescriptions fol intoxicating liquor are issueS1 by phy. sicians may procure the liquor pre- scribed through pharmacists or drug gists holding permits without obtain, ing a permit
 Physicians may also obtain per mits entitling them to procure no more than six quarts of distilled spir it's, wines or certain alcoholic prep arations during any calendar year fo administration to their patients il emergency cases where delay in pro curing liquor on a prescription through a pharmacist might have SC rious consequence to the patient. | Provision is also made in tn
 regulations for issuing permits t
 hospitals and sanatoriums to enabl
 them to procure intoxicating liquor
 be administered for medicinal pur
 poses to patients at such institution
 and also for issuing permits to man ; ufacturing, industrial, and other es tablishments maintaining first ali . stations, authorizing them to procur such liquor for administration [ , their employees for medicinal pu- poses in emergency cases. , "Al1 applications for permits abov referred to should be made on Forr | 1404 in duplicate and forwarded |