The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-10-28
BEER AND WINE TO BE
HAD BY PRESCRIPTION
Commissioner Preparing The Rules
For Sale As Per The
Palmer Ruling.

regulations permitting the manufac-
ture and use OF beer for medical pur-
poses were issued today by the Trea-
sury Department.
Withheld since March last, when
former Attorney Genral Palmer held
the use Of beer as a medicine TO be le-
gal under the prohibition laws, the
issuance of the beer regulations came
as a complete surprise to leaders OF
the dry forces. who declared there
had been an understanding with the
Treasury that the new rules should
not be promulgated until the Senate
had acted upon the pending anti
beer bill
Issuance OF the beer regulations
will cause redoubled efforts to effect
the passage of the anti-beer mea-
Nsures, Senate leaders declared, while
Wayne y. Wheeler, general counsel
for the Anti-Saloon eague described
the Treasury's action as LESS defen-
sible than at any other time"
Prescriptions are not refillble and
4 the regulations declare that phar-
macist should refuse to fill any
prescription for liquor II he has any
reason to believe that physicians are
prescribing for other than medical
uses or that patient is securing thru
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
medicine by person for whom pre-
scribed in the treatment of an all
m1nr from which snch patient is
known by the physician 20 lie suffer
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Besides beer. the regulations per-
NIT the use for medical purposes of
other intoxicating malt liquors such
as ale, porter, malt extracts and sim
liar fermented malt liquors contain
ing one-half of one per cent or more
Of alcohol by volume.
Manufacture of these medical pre-
parations is confined to duly qualin-
ed breweries on brewery premises,
and may be sold by them only in bot
',eF and closed cases.
The right to prescribe distilled
spirits. wines and malt liquors for
medical purposes is confined by the
regulations to such physicians as have
obtained permits to prescribe intoxi-
eating liquor. Such a physician, the
regulations state. may prescribe. "for
a person upon whom he is in at
tendance, If after physical examina
ton of such person. or If physical
examination is impracticable, upon
the best information obtainable. the
physician believes that the internal
or external use of such liquor as
medicine by such person is necessary !
and will afford relief to him from
some known ailment."
The new regulations according to
Secretary Mellon, are in accordance
with former Attorney General Pal
mer's Interpretation of the law. Their !
issuance was delayed, he declared, |
because 1t seemed probable that leg
islation would render them of no adj |
vantage to those interested and there |
was no urgent demand for their is
suance.
However" he said, for some |
time past, II has been strongly urg-
ed by those interested that this de-
.partment had no right longer to
Withhold the regulations. and that in
so doing the department. Is denying
to those interested their cielr legal
righth and thereby imposing serious
loss upon them
Fight Over Bill Quickenej.
Y Medical beer can be sold in only
few states, Mr.. Wheeler declared in
a formal statement and would then
be used largely by bootieggefs -
"Fvty brewer who h1s violated
the law within year is disqualified. ]
he said, land we will fight every APP
plication on this ground as they have
practically al violated the law" /
Issuance of the regulations. h. add
ed, was "bai pY..;ics." botE from the
standpoint Of h, temperance people
and the b'swss. Senate Sterling
Republican, South Dakota, in charge
of the anti-beer measure in the Sen
ate, declared the bill would be taken
up Immediately after disposal Of the
pending tax bill and that there twas
no question of its ultimate passage"
Senator Willis, Republican Ohio,
Joint author of the anti-beer bill. de- ,
scribed the Treasury's action as IAN
outrage, utterly indefensible," and
declared the Senate dry forces had