The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1922-07-28

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the Law, and when In Doubt Write
Advises o. n. r. shelley; $50 Doc
tors Have Prescriptions; - Drug.
gists Deal.
Filling prescription for medicinal
whiskey is just as legitimate . busi-
ness as filling q prescription for any
medicine, O. H. p. Shelley, federal
prohibition director for Montana, told
delegates attending the thirty-second
annual meeting Of the Montana State
Pharmaceutical association in session
in Great Falls recently.
]. N. Starbuck Of Waller was elect
ed president Of the association. Other
officers are: Miss A. N. Walter. Sher-
idan, first vice president; Charles
Quist, Wisdom, second vice-presi-
dent; B. E. Lapeyre, Great Falls.
third vice-president; J. N. Talbot.
Manhattan, treasurer, and J. A. RE
del, Boulder, secretary.
Five candidates for appointment
by the governor to the state board OF
pharmacy were recommended by the
convention. They are: ]. N. Star
buck, Waller; Charles ). Chapple, Bill
lings; C. Schuehle, Jr., Helena; J. l..
Kraker, Bozeman, and E. w. Con-
verse. Anaconda.
Commitments Dfu1Qists
Prohibition Director Shelley told
the convention that the office OF pro-
hibition enforcement officer 10 new
and regulations governing the sale Of
medicinal liquors must Of necessity
be changed from time to time as more
practical ways Of enforcing the law
develop. He complimented the drug
gists of the state for the manner IN
which they are handling liquors for
non-beverage purposes, saying that
not more than two druggists in the
state are under suspicion for violat-
ing the law.
He is making every effort, he said.
to cut red tape in the office and takes
it upon himself to interpret many of
the treasury regulations in terms
that pharmacists can easily under
stand.
use horse sense in administering
the law" he urged. when you are
in doubt or when you have some fault
to find with the service of my depart
ment. I will appreciate your writing
me and marking the letter person
al My predecessor had the duties
of enforcement officer only one
month before relinquishing the Of
flee, and have an entirely new Of
flee force, so it is taking little
time to get the work adjusted"
Two hundred and thirty druggists
Of the state have permits to sell
medicinal liquors at retail, Mr.. Shell
ley said. There are ESQ doctors who
have permits to issue prescriptions.
Other permits held in the state in
clude % manufacturing druggists.
four wholesale druggists, 20 dentists.
18 hospitals and six breweries.
An emergency" prescription can
be used for emergency only-that is,
when the physician has need to issue
a prescription for medicinal purposes
and hasn't the government form at
hand, Shelley said. The emergency
prescription must give all the infor-
nation required on the regular form
and must have the word emergency"
written across the face of it, he
pointed out, and the doctor must re-
place it with one written in form as
soon as possible. There can be no
excuse for q patient presenting an
emergency" prescription to q drug
gist several days after the doctor
wrote 1t, he said. He warned them
to use precaution In filling "emer-
gency" prescriptions.
Ninety per cent of the doctors of
Montana are living up to the pres
cription law, the prohibition officer
said, and pharmacists were asked to
report to him physicians who abused
the use of permits.
In reply to Secretary ]. A. Riedel's
query as to what was to be done with
an emergency prescription when 1t
had been replaced by one written in
form. Shelley said it should be can
celled and returned to the doctor.
Basic Permit Governs
Replying to President F. A. Woeh-
ner's question as to whether there is
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liquor retail druggist may pur-
chase, the prohibition director said
that druggist can buy each quarter
only the amount specified in his basic
permit. Mr.. Shelley said he believed
that the basic permits for wholesale
druggists in the state should be in
creased as the total amount possible
to be obtained through wholesalers
in the state is less than the legitimate
demands of retailers.
Shelley said he believed there
should be a differentiation between
doctors who have large practice and
those who have small practice.
Resolutions were adopted urging
the state board of education and the
president of the Montana university
to provide adequate quarters and
equipment for the state school Of
pharmacy, and indorsing q four-year
course in pharmacy at the school,
leading to the degree of bachelor OF
science in pharmacy. Alex r. Peter
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