ART. 27] HEALTH——NARCOTIC DRUGS. 857

Health—Narcotic Drugs.

1004, ch. 607, secs. 1-3.

237. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation
to sell, furnish or give away any cocaine, salts of cocaine or
preparations containing any cocaine or salts of cocaine, or any
morphine, eucaine, salts of eucaine, or preparations containing
any eucaine or salts of eucaine, except upon the original written
order or prescription of a lawfully authorized practitioner of
medicine, dentistry or veterinary medicine, which order or pre-
scription shall be dated and shall contain the name of the
person for whom prescribed, or, if ordered by a practitioner of
veterinary medicine, shall state the kind of animal for which
ordered, land shall be signed by the person giving the prescrip-
tion or order. Such written order or prescription shall be
permanently retained on file by the person, firm or corporation
who shall compound or dispense the articles ordered or pre-
scribed, and it shall not be recompounded or dispensed a
second time, except upon the written order of the original pre-
scriber; provided, however, that the above provisions shall not
apply to preparations containing not more than one-half grain
of morphine, not more than one-sixteenth grain of cocaine, in
one fluid ounce, or, if a solid preparation, in one avoirdupois
ounce; provided, also, that the above provisions shall not
apply to preparations recommended in" good faith for diarrhoea
and cholera, each bottle or package of which is accompanied
by specific directions for use, and a caution against habitual
use, nor to liniments or ointments when plainly labeled, "for
external use only;" and, provided, further, that the above pro-
visions shall not apply to sales at wholesale by jobbers,
wholesalers and manufacturers to retail druggists, nor to sales
at retail by retail druggists to regular practitioners of medicine,
dentistry or veterinary medicine, nor to sales made to manu-
facturers of proprietary or pharmaceutical preparations for use
in the manufacture of such preparations, nor to sales to hos-
pitals, colleges, scientific or public institutions; and, provided,
further, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to
the sale or manufacture of any bona fide patent or proprietary
medicine. It shall be unlawful for any practitioner of medi-
cine, dentistry or veterinary medicine to furnish to, or to sub-
scribe for the use of any habitual user of the same, any
cocaine, eucaine or morphine, or any salts or compound of
cocaine, eucaine or morphine, or any preparation containing

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