Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-02-18
RULES FOR LIQUOR TO .
..=@ BE USED FOR MEDICINE,
Regulations Of Collector of Inter
nal Revenue. Relative to The
Use and Procurement Of
Intoxicating Liquors. -

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Both the physician who prescribes
and the pharmacist or druggist who
sells liquor for medical purposes must
have a permit. Application for the per-
mits should be made to the Federal
prohibition director.
Blank forms 1903 for prescribing
liquor are being printed and distributed
among Federal prohibition directors.
assistant directors and collectors of
are not yet available physicians hold
ing permits may issue prescriptions on
blanks regularly used by them.
Following is the Bureaus Statement:
ANY physician duly licensed to prac-
tice medicine and actively engaged in
the practice of such profession may
obtain permit to prescribe intoxicat-
ing liquor and may then issue prescrip-
lions for distilled spirits, wines or GER.
tain alcoholic medicinal preparations
for medicinal purposes for persons upon
whom he Is in attendance in cases where
he believes that the use of liquor as
medicine is necessary. In no case may
spirituous liquor be prescribed by one
or more physicians In ex cess of one pint
for the same person within any period
Of ten days"
mo specific limitation is placed upon
the quantity of wines which may be
prescribed for medicinal purposes. The
regulations merely require that no pre-
scription be issued for greater guam
tfty than is necessary for use as medi-
cine. Physicians who do not hold
permits to prescribe Intoxicating liquor
are under no circumstances permitted
to issue prescriptions" All prescrtp-
lions for Intoxicating liquor are to be
written on prescription blanks prescribe
ed by the regulations and to be provid
ed by the Bureau, except that in emer-
gency cases physicians may use their
regular prescription blanks provided
that the same contains the date Of issue,
amount prescribed, to whom issued, and
directions for use stating the amount
and frequency of dose. Pending an
adequate supply of the official blanks
being printed and distributed to direc-
tors and acting directors physicians
holding permits have been authorized
to issue prescriptions on blanks regu-
larly used by them.
prescriptions for intoxicating liquor
may be filled only by registered phar-
macists who hold permits authorizing
them to do so, or who are employed by
retail druggists holding such permits.
Pharmacists and druggists holding such
permits will procure their supplies of
intoxicating liquor from manufacturers
| or other persons holding permits auth
| orizing them to sell liquor
persons to whom prescriptions for
| intoxicating liquors are issued by ply.
sicians may procure the liquor prescrib-
/ ed through pharmacists or druggists
holding permits without obtaining a
permit
Phys1cians may also obtain permits
emitting them to procure not more than
six quarts of distilled spirits, wines or
| certain alcoholic preparations during
| any calendar year for administration
to their patients in emergency cases
| where delay in procuring liquor on a
| prescription through pharmacist. might
| have serious consequence to the patient.
''Provision is also made in the .legula-
| lions for issuing permits to hospitals
! and sanat0riums to enable them to pro-
| cure Intoxicating liquor to be adminis-
tered for medicinal purposes to patients
at such institutions and also for issu-
ing permits to manufacturing, industrial
and other establishments maintaining
first aid stations authorizing them to
| procure such liquors for administration
| to their employees for medicinal pur-
poses in emergency cases.
I All applications for permits above
| referred to should be made on Forms
14O4 in triplicate and forwarded to the
| local Collector of Internal Revenue.
| Section 81 of the National Prohtbi-
| ton Act provides that any Intoxicating
| liquor seized under Section rs or Sec
ton rs. thereof, and subject to be de-
stroyed may upon application of the
| United States Attorney be ordered by
the court to be delivered to any person
| holding permit to purchase liquor.
All liquor seized under such sections of
the law may be diverted through regu-
lar channels for medicinal purposes
| under the procedure above described.
ANY intoxicating liquor seized under
| Federal prior to October %, 1919 If
| not claimed within sixty days from
such date, may likewise upon order of
the Court be delivered to any person
I holding permit to purchase and de-
liver to medicinal or other non-bever-
age purposes"
Complaints of exorbitant charges for
liquor for medicinal purposes which
| place dispensers thereof in the class
OF pro1teers will be investigated.