Narcotics Law Research Articles

THE HARRISON NARCOTIC LAW

To the Editor: — The medical profession has ever stood behind the government in the attempt to enforce all legislation that was beneficial to the public at large. It has endorsed the Harrison Narcotic Law because it felt that its general provisions were for the public good. This act, however, contains a number of petty and annoying regulations through which the medical profession may be harassed from time to time. The act seems to regard members of this profession as potential miscreants who, in order to be kept good, must be disciplined. I have received this notice from the Narcotic Division of the Philadelphia District: On account of your failure to register your removal in this office within thirty days after removal occurred, you have incurred an additional tax effective from the first day of the month during which the removal occurred to the end of the fiscal year, amounting

GUARDING AGAINST VIOLATION OF THE HARRISON ACT

<h3>To the Editor:</h3> —Probably there is no legislation of recent times of a purely public health nature from which the public should derive as much benefit, as from the Harrison Narcotic Law. We wish to call attention to a practice of many detail men who call on the physician, and who frequently request a prescription blank, as evidence of their visit. Without the slightest reflection on any detail men, we wish to condemn the practice of distributing prescription blanks in lieu of business cards, on account of the ease with which forgeries can be perpetrated. Many times the physician is asked for one of his cards by people who wish to have his name, address, and telephone numbers for future reference, and the physician gives them a blank prescription blank, which may fall into the hands of some one who may be an expert on writing narcotic prescriptions, and the

Medical News

(Physicians will confer a favor by sending for this department items of news of more or less general interest: such as relate to society activities, new hospitals, education, public health, etc.) <h3>ALABAMA</h3><h3>Measles in Montgomery.</h3> —Reports of the city and county health officer of Montgomery, May 5, showed that since the measles epidemic appeared in the county, a total of 2,600 cases had been reported. A rapid decline is now noticeable. <h3>ARKANSAS</h3><h3>Physician's License Revoked.</h3> —It is reported that the license of Dr. John Wesley Cunningham, Little Rock, has been revoked, following his conviction, April 25, on a charge of having violated the Harrison Narcotic Law. Dr. Cunningham was sentenced to the federal penitentiary. <h3>CALIFORNIA</h3><h3>Belgium Honors Dr. Gay.</h3> —Dr. Frederick P. Gay, professor of bacteriology in the University of California, San Francisco, and chairman of the division of medical sciences of the National Research Council, has received from the

THE ABILITY OF BRAIN TISSUE TO TAKE UP WATER IN DELIRIUM TREMENS AND OTHER CONDITIONS

The presence of an edema of the brain in many instances of delirium tremens and its absence in many brains of patients dead of the same condition is well known. As yet, however, a satisfactory explanation of the presence or absence of this edema has not been found. Following the enforcement of the Harrison Narcotic Law, many drug users turned to alcohol as a substitute. A notable increase in the number of patients suffering with delirium tremens has been the result, and the availability of a number of bodies for post-mortem examination has prompted this study. In considering this question it has seemed that two hypotheses are especially worthy of investigation: First, is the presence or absence of brain edema entirely dependent on conditions within the brain cells themselves? Or, second, is the presence of an edema dependent on the availability of fluid? That is, may the brains of delirium

State and Federal Narcotic Laws

State and Federal Narcotic Laws

Harmonization of State and Federal Narcotic Laws

Harmonization of State and Federal Narcotic Laws