The Rise and Fall of Prohibition: The Human Side of What the Eighteenth Amendment and the Volstead Act Have Done to the United StatesTowne, Charles Hanson
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The Rise and Fall of Prohibition: The Human Side of What the Eighteenth Amendment and the Volstead Act Have Done to the United States
Towne, Charles Hanson
Prohibition -- United States; United States. Constitution. 18th Amendment
For a high and mighty absolute monarchy never weighed its people down
with heavier bonds. No Kaiser-ridden land ever knew more complete and
devastating tyranny. The burdens heaped upon the shoulders of the
already weary tax-payers so that the “dignity” of this Act may be
upheld--ah! few of us ever consider these. We have grown so used to
added packs that one more dollar seems to make little difference. But
it was the last straw that broke the camel’s back; and who knows how
much longer we can stand these accumulating and distressing burdens?
Section 7, of Title 2, reads as follows:
“No one but a physician holding a permit to prescribe liquor shall
issue any prescription for liquor. And no physician shall prescribe
liquor unless after careful physical examination of the person for
whose use such prescription is sought, or if such examination is
found impracticable, then upon the best information obtainable, he
in good faith believes that the use of such liquor as a medicine
by such person is necessary and will afford relief to him from
some known ailment. Not more than a pint of spirituous liquor to
be taken internally shall be prescribed for use by the same person
within any period of ten days and no prescription shall be filled
more than once. Any pharmacist filling a prescription shall at the
time indorse upon it over his own signature the word ‘canceled,’
together with the date when the liquor was delivered, and then make
the same a part of the record that he is required to keep as herein
provided.
“Every physician who issues a prescription for liquor shall
keep a record, alphabetically arranged in a book prescribed by
the commissioner, which shall show the date of issue, amount
prescribed, to whom issued, the purpose or ailment for which it is
to be used and directions for use, stating the amount and frequency
of the dose.”
This would be ludicrous were it not so serious. But let us pass on to
Section 12:
“All persons manufacturing liquor for sale under the provisions of
this title shall securely and permanently attach to every container
thereof, as the same is manufactured, a label stating name of
manufacturer, kind and quantity of liquor contained therein, and
the date of its manufacture, together with the number of the permit
authorizing the manufacture thereof; and all persons possessing
such liquor in wholesale quantities shall securely keep and
maintain such label thereon; and all persons selling at wholesale
shall attach to every package of liquor, when sold, a label setting
forth the kind and quantity of liquor contained therein, by whom
manufactured, the date of sale, and the person to whom sold; which
label shall likewise be kept and maintained thereon until the
liquor is used for the purpose for which such sale was authorized.”
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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