Medicinal Liquor Prescriptions Act of 1933
Long title | An Act relating to the prescribing of medicinal liquors. |
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Nicknames | National Prohibition Act Amendment of 1933 |
Enacted by | the 73rd United States Congress |
Effective | March 31, 1933 |
Citations | |
Public law | Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 73–6 |
Statutes at Large | 48 Stat. 23 |
Codification | |
Acts amended | Willis–Campbell Act |
Titles amended | 27 U.S.C.: Intoxicating Liquors |
U.S.C. sections amended | 27 U.S.C. ch. 1 §§ 1-3 |
Legislative history | |
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Medicinal Liquor Prescriptions Act of 1933 is a United States federal statute establishing prescription limitations for physicians possessing a permit to dispense medicinal liquor. The public law seek to abolish the use of the medicinal liquor prescription form introducing medicinal liquor revenue stamps as a substitution for official prescription blanks.
The Act of Congress amended Title II - Prohibition of Intoxicating Beverages as enacted by the National Prohibition Act of 1919. The alcohol prohibition law, better known as the Volstead Act, was amended twelve years before by the 67th United States Congress authorizing dispensary restrictions of ethyl alcohol by druggists or physicians. The public law was entitled the National Prohibition Supplemental Act of 1921.[1]
The 72nd United States Congress pursued passage of a medicinal liquor regulatory bill ahead of the Congressional session expiration occurring on March 4, 1933. House bill 14395 went before the United States House of Representatives on February 25, 1933, resulting in a one hundred and sixty-eight to one hundred and sixty narrow margin vote.[2]
Senate bill 562 was passed by the 73rd U.S. Congress and enacted into law by President Franklin Roosevelt on March 31, 1933.
See also
Illustrations
- Early 1920s prescription form for medicinal liquor
- Late 1920s prescription form for medicinal liquor
References
Periodical Bibliography
- "Internal Revenue Commissioner Outlines Regulations on Druggists and Physicians". New York Times. July 1, 1919.
- "Revenue Collector Tells How Prescriptions May Be Filled Under Treasury Decision". New York Times. July 30, 1919.
- "Roping the Doctor with Red Tape". New York Times. January 11, 1920.
- "Physicians Endorse Whisky as Medicine". New York Times. May 23, 1922.
- "Liquor Fraud Laid to 27 Physicians". New York Times. March 17, 1926.
- "Warrants are Issued for 15 More Doctors". New York Times. March 26, 1926.
- "Distilling of Whisky to be Authorized Soon to Add 1,500,000 Gallons to Medicinal Stock". New York Times. July 16, 1929.
External links
- Gordon, Ernest (1943). The Wrecking of the Eighteenth Amendment. Francestown, NH: The Alcohol Information Press. ISBN 978-1258409807. OCLC 949392 – via Internet Archive.
- Jones, Bartlett C. (October 1, 1963). "A Prohibition Problem: Liquor as Medicine 1920–1933". Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences. XVIII (4). Oxford University Press: 353–369. doi:10.1093/jhmas/XVIII.4.353. PMID 14075441.
- Gambino, Megan (October 7, 2013). "During Prohibition, Your Doctor Could Write You a Prescription for Booze". Smithsonian.com.
- Konstantinovsky, Michelle (October 2, 2017). "Ridiculous History: When Doctors 'Prescribed' Alcohol During Prohibition". How Stuff Works.
- "Medicinal Alcohol". American Prohibition in the 1920s. Ohio State University.
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