Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-30
Methods by Which Intoxicants
May Be Obtained Made Pub
lie. by the Bureau Of In.
+ ternaI Revenue. 49,
SYSTEM OF PERMITS
WILL GOVERN SALES
Doctors May Prescribe and
Authorized Apothecaries viii
Then BE Permitted to Dis.
pense Strong Beverages

Washington, Jan. 2o.-Methods by
which intoxicating liquors may be
obtained for medicinal purposes and
detailed regulations governing their
sale were made public tonight by the
bureau of internal revenue. An-
nouncement also was made that the
bureau had compiled system Of
permits, providing definite and
fixed channel through which all in
toxicating liquors must move and by
which hereafter the government will
know the location of every gallon Of
distilled liquor within the nations
boundaries, except that stored In prt-
vate homes.
In setting forth the ways in which
liquor may be procured, Commis-
sioner Roper took occasion to issue
warning against prohteering in its
sale. The commissioner declared
that exorbitant charges for liquor for
medicinal purposes certainly places
the dispenser thereof in the class
with profteers and they will be in
yestigated."
To Sell Seized Liquor.
Mr.. Roper also announced that all
liquor seized under federal law prior
to last October. %, unless claimed
under the 60-day ruling, would ~
4 sold by order of the court under tiie
jurisdiction of which it is held. ( II
must be sold, however, to a holder
of permit to use it either for me-
dicinal or non-beverage purposes.
Both the physicians who prescribe
and the pharmacist who sells liquor,
the regulations provide, must have
permit which may be obtained from
the federal prohibition Director.
Other details of the method BY
which liquor for medicinal purposes
, may be purchased follow:
ANY physician duly licensed to
practice medicine and actively en-
gagged in the practice of such pro-
fession may obtain a permit to pre-
scribe Intoxicating liquor and may
then issue prescriptions for distilled
spirits, wines or certain alcoholic
medicinal preparations for medical
purposes for persons 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 prescribed
by one or more physicians in excess
of one pint for the same person with
in any period of ten days.
"All prescriptions for Intoxicating
liquors 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.
Can Buy Intoxicants.
Prescriptions for Intoxicating IL
quor 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
druggists holding such permits will
procure their supplies of intoxicat-
ing liquor from manufacturers or
other persons holding permits au-
thorizing 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.
| "Physiclans> may also obtain per-
mits 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 pa
tents in emergency cases where de-
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