Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-07-11

del called attention to an invitation
from the state medical association Il
meet with that body in Hotel Rain
bow Wednesday morning Mr. Reide
expressed his belief that the join
meeting might offer an opportunity fol
druggists to discuss with physicians the
irregularities" which exist at tht
present time in prescribing and selling
medicinal liquors under the Volsteat
act.
Mr.. Seiden of Lewistown tried tc
get division of the delegates on the
question of whether they believed the
operation of the Volstead law is an
asset to the drug business. He said
that he could not see that the financial
returns from a drug store had been
any greater since they had been selling
medicinal liquors than before. His
effort TO put the delegates on record
was unsuccessful, whereupon Secretary
Riedel stimulated discussion by re-
minding them that "a prune is a prune
but raisin is drug"
Says No Need of Liquor
There is no legitimate need of liquor
for medicine, in the opinion of J. F.
Murray of Malta, who says that he has
not nor will he sell whisky in his drug
store. He called attention TO his own
age. saying that in his long life he
never had drank a glass of whisky and
he believed his health to be as good
as any persons present
Though he believes the proper place
for liquor to be sold is in a saloon,
J. A. Kelly of Great Falls told the
convention that. in his opinion. it is as
ethical for druggists to sell whisky on
prescription as it is other medicine.
Louis Drebelbis of Butte agreed
with Mr. Kelly. He said the govern
ment had designated drug stores as
the place for whisky to be obtained on
physicians prescription and so long as
druggists followed government regula-
tions in selling medicinal liquors, they
are conducting a legitimate business.
If druggist refuses to sell his regu-
lar patrons medicinal whiskey on pre-
scription. these patrons will go to
other drug stores to get it, and the
druggist may lose their trade altogeth
er. in the opinion of w. r. Montgomery
of Butte Charles J. Chapple of Bill
lings said that the place for whiskey
to be sold. if it is TO be sold under
government supervision. is either from
the postoffice or from a government
warehouse.
Secretary Riedel deplored the abuse
by certain physicians of the regulations
governing issuance of prescriptions for
medicinal liquors. He said some doc
tors fill in fictitious names in the pre-
scriptions and dispose of their three
months allotment within 4 few days
after receiving them. These same
he said, then issue "emer-
Fn;l
nish the druggist with the prescription
after they have received their next
quota.
Committees Named
President Woehner appointed i. H.
c. Fitch of Kalispell. DR. III. J. kaui-
back of Carter and Louis Dreibelbis of
Butte committee to meet with
similar committee from the state med
cal association TO outline points for
discussion concerning the relations be-
tween physician and druggist in pre-
scribing and selling medicinal liquors.
Alex +. Peterson of Missoula. chair
nan of the executive committee. read
he report of Dean c. f. Mollet of the
school of pharmacy at the state univer-
sity. Dean Mollet. who could not get
% the annual meeting, reported ~ stu
ients in his department during the last
year, the largest registration in the
history of the school
Mr.. Peterson reported progress in
he movement started at the last an
1ual convention to procure more room
md additional equipment for the school
If pharmacy at Missoula. At present
he department is housed with the
department in the old science
building and is seriously handicapped
or lack of equipment. Resolutions !
we're adopted at the last convention
lrging the chancellor TO provide a new
building for pharmacy. fully equipped /
md. while this object had not been |
lttained. progress had been made in
teeping pharmacy in the university's
he said, for there had been |
move to discontinue it.
President Woehner appointed Mr..
Peterson. Miss A. n. Walter of Sheri-
Ian. j. w. Seiden of Lewistown and
. F. Murray of Malta to prepare new
esolutions to be adopted and forward |
d to the state board of education, re-
terating the requests of last year. |
A. w Huxol of Kalispell. Louis !,
)reibelbis of Butte and c. II. Fuller
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