Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-10-25

cause redoubled efforts to effect the
passage of the anti-beer measures,
senate leaders declared, while Wayne
b. Wheeler, general counsel for the
Anti Saloon league described the
trcasury's action as ''less defensible
than at any other time"
Secretary Mellon, in announcing the
issuance Of the beer rules, declared
that ''the legal rights of the parties
concerned being plain. the department
is unable longer to delay the issuance
of these regulations"
No Limit on Prescriptions
The new rules cover comprehen-
sively the use Of beer, wines and spirit
uous liquors as medicines. The amount
of beer a physician may prescribe at
one time for the use of the same per-
son is limited to 21s gallons, the
equivalent of case, but no arbitrary
limit is placed upon the number of
such prescriptions physician may
write or the same person may obtain
within given period
Two quarts Of wine was the limit
put upon a single prescription for that
beverage, but otherwise the regulations
are the same as for beer.
Spirituous liquors are limited to one
pint to the same person at one time.
ECSIIlplIOAS LUZ lAVSC LlCulSihCS
may be filled only by q licensed phar-
macist who is also retail druggist,
or licensed pharmacist in the employ
of retail druggist.
Are Not Reliable
Prescriptions are not Reliable and
the regulations declare that phar-
macist should refuse to fill any pre-
scription for liquor if he has any rea-
son to believe that physicians are pre-
scribing for other than medical uses
or that patient is securing through
one or more physicians quantities OF
intoxicating liquor in excess of the
amount necessary for medicinal pur-
poses."
In connection with the issuance OF
prescriptions, the regulations said:
"No prescription may be issued for
a greater quantity of intoxicating liquor
than is necessary for use as a medi-
cine by a person for whom prescribed
in the treatment Of an ailment when
such patient is known by the physician
to be suffering
Besides beer, the regulations permit
the use for medical purposes of other
Intoxicating malt liquors. such as ale.
porter, malt extracts and similar fer
mented malt liquors containing one-half
of l per cent or more of alcohol by
volume.
Manufacture of these medical prep
aratons is confined to duly qualified
brewers on brewery premises and may
be sold by them only in bottles and
closed cases.
Riaht to Prescribe
The right to prescribe distilled spir
it's, wines and malt liquors for medical
purposes is confined by the regulations
to such physicians as have obtained
permits to prescribe Intoxicating
liquors. Such physician, the regula
tions state, may prescribe for "a per-
son upon whom he is in attendance, if
after physical examination Of such per-
son, or if physical examination is i'm
practicable, upon the best information
obtainable, the physician believes that
the internal or external use of such |
liquor as q medicine by such person is |
necessary and will afford relief to HIM
from some known ailment."
few states, Mr.. Wheeler declared, in a
formal statement, and would then be
used largely by bootleggers."
Every brewer who has violated the
law within a year is disqualified he
said, "and we will fight every appli-
cation on this ground, as they have
practically all violated the law"
Senator Sterling, Republican, South
Dakota, in charge of the anti-beer
measure in the senate, declared the bill
would be taken up Immediately after
the disposal. Of th pending tax bill and
that there was no question of it's ulti-
mate passage"