ART. 27. ] HEALTH—NARCOTIC DRUGS. 37

powder; nor to liniments or ointments when plainly labeled,
"for external use only. " And, provided, further, that the
above provision shall not apply to sales at wholesale by job-
bers, wholesalers and manufacturers to retail druggists, general
merchants, or qualified physicians, or to each other; nor to
sales at retail by retail druggists, general merchants, to regular
practitioners of medicine, dentistry or veterinary medicine; nor
to sales made to manufacturers of proprietary or pharmaceuti-
cal preparation for use in the manufacture of such preparations;
nor to sales to hospitals, colleges, scientific or public institu-
tions.

1904, ch. 607. 1906, ch. 523, sec. 2.

237 A. It shall be unlawful for any practitioner of medicine,
dentistry or veterinary medicine to furnish to or prescribe for
the use of any habitual user of the same, any cocaine, hereoin,
alpha or beta eucaine, opium, morphine, chloral hydrate, or any
salt or compound of any of the foregoing substances, or any
preparation containing any of the foregoing substances or their
salts or compounds; and it shall also be unlawful for any prac-
titioner of dentistry to prescribe any of the foregoing substances
for any person not under his treatment in the regular practice
of his profession, or for any practioner of veterinary medicine
to prescribe any of the foregoing substances for the use of any
human being; provided, however, that the provisions of this
section shall not be construed to prevent any lawfully author-
ized practitioner of medicine from furnishing or prescribing in
good faith for the use of any habitual user of narcotic drugs
who is under his professional care such substances as he may
deem necessary for their treatment, when such prescriptions
are not given or substances furnished for the purposes of evad-
ing the provisions of sections 237 and 237 A.

3906, ch. 523, sec. 3.

237 B. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions
of the two preceding sections shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor, and upon conviction for the first offense shall be
fined not less than $25 nor more than $50, and upon conviction
for a second offense shall be fined not less than $50 nor more
than $100, and upon conviction of a subsequent offense shall
be fined not less than $100 nor more than $200, and shall be
imprisoned in jail for not more than six months, and if a licensed