Case Name: FLORIDA BOARD OF PHARMACY, Appellant, v. WEBB'S CITY, INC., a Florida corporation, Appellee
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1969-02-26
Citations: 219 So. 2d 681
Docket Number: No. 37230
Parties: FLORIDA BOARD OF PHARMACY, Appellant, v. WEBB’S CITY, INC., a Florida corporation, Appellee.
Judges: ROBERTS, DREW, THORNAL and CALDWELL (Retired!), JJ., and WALKER and TAYLOR, Circuit Judges, concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 219
Pages: 681–682

Head Matter:
FLORIDA BOARD OF PHARMACY, Appellant, v. WEBB’S CITY, INC., a Florida corporation, Appellee.
No. 37230.
Supreme Court of Florida.
Feb. 26, 1969.
James G. Mahorner, of White, Phipps, Linn, Furnell & Mahorner, Clearwater, for appellant.
Thomas V. Kiernan, of Kiernan & Reams, St. Petersburg, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We here review on direct appeal a decision of the trial court holding invalid Section 1(2) (f) of Chapter 67-521, Laws of Florida, which purported to amend Section 465.23, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., and expressly prohibiting retail drug establishments from using any communication media to promote or advertise the use or sale of "any drugs which require a prescription".
Chapter 67-521, Laws of Florida, omitting the formal parts, provides :-
"Section 1. Section 465.23, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
"465.23 Promoting sale of certain drugs prohibited.—
"(1) It is declared that the unrestricted use of certain narcotics, central nervous system stimulants, tranquilizers, barbiturates and other hypnotic and somni-facient drugs and any drugs which require a prescription, causing abnormal reactions that may interfere with the user's physical reflexes and judgments may create hazardous circumstances which may cause accidents to the user and to others, thereby affecting the public health, safety and welfare. It is further declared to be in the public interest to limit the means of promoting the sale and use of these drugs. All provisions of this section shall be liberally construed to carry out these objectives and purposes.
"(2) No pharmacist, owner or employee of a retail drug establishment shall use any communication media to promote or advertise the use or sale of any of the following:
"(a) Narcotics;
"(b) Central nervous system stimulants ;
"(c) Tranquilizers;
"(d) Barbiturates;
"(e) Other hypnotic and somnifacient drugs;
"(f) Any drugs which require a prescription. (Emphasis added.)
"Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 1967."
Only Section 1(2) (f) of the Act was involved in the final judgment of the trial court.
The case sub judice is controlled by the decision of this court in Stadnik v. Shell's City, Inc., 140 So.2d 871, and the decision here under review is therefore
Affirmed.
ROBERTS, DREW, THORNAL and CALDWELL (Retired!), JJ., and WALKER and TAYLOR, Circuit Judges, concur.
ERVIN", C. J., concurs in part and dissents in part with opinion.