Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-10-25
SICK CAN GET ONLY
2 IL GALLONS BEER
AT A TIME, RULING
CONTINUED from Page one.)

limited to =, pint to the same per-
son at one time. .
Prescriptions for these medicines
may be filled only by a licensed
pharmac, who is also a retail
druggist, or a licensed pharmacist
in the employ of a retail drug
gist.
Prescriptions are not Reliable
and the regulations declare that a
pharmacist should refuse to fill
any prescription of liquor il he
las any reason to believe that ply
sicians are prescribing for other
than medical uses or that a patient
is securing through one or more
persons quantities of intoxicating
liquor in excess of the amount
necessary for medicinal purposes.
Issuance of Prescriptions.
In connection with the issuance
Of prescriptions the regulations
said
mo prescription may be issued
for a greater quantity of intoxicat-
ing liquor than 10 necessary for
use as a medicine by a person for
whom prescribed in the treatment
Of an ailment from which such pa
tient is known by the physician to
be suffering"
Besides, beer, regulations permi.
use for medical purpose of other
intoxica ting malt liquors such as
ale, porter, malt extracts and SINH
lar fermented malt liquors contain.
ing one half of one per cent or
more of alcohol by volume.
Manufacture or these medical
preparations is confined to duly
qualified brewers on brewery prem
Uses and may be sold by them only
in bottles and closed cases.
Right To Prescribe.
Right to prescribe distilled
spirits, wines and malt liquors for
purposes is confined to
such physicians as have obtained
permits to prescribe Intoxicating
liquor. Such a physician, the reg
ulations state, may prescribe for
"a person on whom he Is in attend
ance, If. after physical examination
Of such person, or IL physical ex-
is impracticable, upon
the best information obtainable.
the physician believes that the In
ternal or external use of liquor
as a 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 accord
ance with the former Attorney Gen.
oral Palmer's Interpretation OF the
law.
Their issuance was delayed, he
declared, because it seemed prob
able legislat ton would render them
of no advantage to those interested
and there was no urgent demand
for their issuance.
However" he said, "for some
time it has been strongly urged by
those interested that this depart
ment had no right longer to with
hold the regulations, and that in
doing so the department is denying
those interested the clear legal
right and thereby imposing serious
loss on them"
Wheeler VIII Fight.
Medical beer can be sold only in
n few states, Mr.. Wheeler declared
in a statement, and would be used
largely by bootleggers."
Every brewer who has violat-
ed the law within a year is dis
he said, land we will
fight every application on this
ground, as they have practically
all violated the law"
Issuance of the regulations. he
added, was dad politics" both
from the standpoint of the temper
ance people and the brewers.
Senator Sterling, republican.
South Dakota. in charge of the
anti-beer measure in the senate,
declared that the bill would be
taken up Immediately after dispo-
sal of the pending tax bill and that
there twas no question of its ulti-
mate passage"