MISSISSIPPI. Special authority to investigate alleged violations of the drug law is not delegated to any officer and no effort appears to be made to enforce the law. REGISTERED PHARMACISTS. 1258. Penalty for practicing without license. If any person shall practice as an attorney and counsellor at law, or shall practice as a physician or surgeon, or shall practice as a dentist, or shall practice as a pharmacist, without having first been examined and obtained a license as required by law, he shall, on conviction, be fined not less than twenty dollars nor more than two hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding thirty days. Annotated Code, 1892, p. 368. SALE OF POISONS. 1248. Restrictions. It shall not be lawful for any apothecary, druggist, or other person to sell or give away any article belonging to the class of medicines usually denominated poisons, except in compliance with the two following sections. 1249. Record; label. Every druggist, apothecary, or other person, who shall sell or give away, except upon the written prescription of a physician, any article of medicine belonging to the class usually known as poisons, shall be required to register in a book kept for that purpose, the name, place of residence, age, sex, and color of the person obtaining such poison, the quantity sold, the purpose for which it was required, the day and date on which it was obtained, and the name and place of abode of the person for whom the article is intended; and he shall carefully mark the word poison" upon the label or wrapper of each package. 66 1250. Arsenic to be mixed with soot or indigo. A druggist, apothecary, or other person shall not sell or give away, except to physicians, any quantity of arsenic less than one pound without first mixing soot or indigo therewith in the proportion of one ounce of soot or half an ounce of indigo to the pound of arsenic. 1251. Penalty. Any druggist or apothecary, or other person, who shall offend against the provisions of the last section or the one before the last, shall, on conviction, be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars or imprisoned in the county jail twenty days, or both. 1252. Not to be sold to minors. A druggist, apothecary, or other person shall not sell or give away any poison to any minor, and for so doing he shall be punished as for a misdemeanor. Annotated Code, 1892, p. 367-8. 1. Sale of cocaine restricted. No druggist, apothecary, physician or other person shall sell or give away cocaine in any quantity whatever, except to regularly licensed physicians or dentists, or upon prescriptions of such physicians; which shall not be used more than once or refilled, but this shall not interfere with the use of the same by such physicians or dentists in their practice. 2. Penalty. Any person violating the foregoing section shall, upon conviction before any court of competent jurisdiction, be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned in the county jail not less than one month nor more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Laws, 1900, p. 145. ADULTERATION OF DRUGS. 952. Penalty. If any person shall manufacture, sell, or keep or offer or exhibit for sale any adulterated food or drug, as defined by law; or if any person shall manufacture, sell, or keep or offer or exhibit for sale any candy, confect, or sweetmeat, in making which any preparation of lime or other deleterious substance is used, he shall, upon conviction, be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail not more than six months, or both. Annotated Code, 1892, p. 311. * * 66 2095. "Drug" defined. for external or internal use. 2097. Adulteration defined. A drug shall be deemed adulterated: (a) If, when sold under a name recognized in the United States pharmacopoeia, it differ from the standard of strength, quality, or purity laid down therein; (b) If, when sold under a name not recognized in said pharmacopœia, but which is found in some other pharmacopoeia or other standard work on materia medica, it differ from the standard of strength, quality, or purity laid down in such work; or (c) If its strength, quality, or purity fall below the professed standard under which it is sold. the term 'drug' includes all medicines 2107. Adulterated drugs forfeited. If any person shall sell, keep, or offer for sale any adulterated food or drug, the whole of the adulterated article shall be forfeited to the county. Annotated Code, 1892, p. 534-536. MISSOURI. The pharmacy act does not specifically provide for the inspection of drugs or the enforcement of the law prohibiting adulteration of same. REGISTERED PHARMACISTS. 3036. Conduct of drug stores. It shall be unlawful for any person not a registered pharmacist, within the meaning of this chapter, to conduct any pharmacy, drug-store, apothecary shop or store, for the purpose of retailing, compounding or dispensing medicines or poisons for medical use, except as hereinafter provided. Revised Statutes, 1899, vol. 1, p. 766. 3037. Medicines must be dispensed under personal supervision of a registered pharmacist; penalty. It shall be unlawful for the proprietor of any store or pharmacy to allow any person, except a registered pharmacist, to compound or dispense prescriptions of physicians or to retail or dispense poisons for medical use, except as an aid to and under the supervision of a registered pharmacist. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be liable to a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for each and every offense. (As amended, Laws, 1901, p. 143.) Revised Statutes, 1899, vol. 1, p. 767. 3043. What druggists may sell. Apothecaries, registered as herein provided, shall have the right to keep and sell, under such restrictions as herein provided, all medicines and poisons authorized by the National, American or United States pharmacopœia, as of recognized medical utility, except intoxicating liquors, which shall only be sold by druggists and pharmacists, as prescribed by section 3047 of this chapter. Revised Statutes, 1899, vol. 1, p. 768. SALE OF POISONS. 2263. Label; penalty. Every person who shall sell or deliver to any other any arsenic, corrosive sublimate, prussic acid or any other substance or liquid usually denominated poison, without having the word "poison" plainly written or printed on a label and attached to vial, box, vessel or package containing the same, or who shall sell or deliver any tartar emetic, without having the true name written or printed on a label and attached to the vial, box, vessel or package containing the same, or who shall sell or deliver any such substance or liquid to any minor, without a written permission from the parent or guardian of such minor, specifying the kind of drug that such minor is authorized to purchase, shall on conviction be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and punished by fine not exceeding one hundred dollars. 2265. Physicians' prescriptions excepted. So much of section 2263 as requires the word " 'poison," or the name of the drug sold or delivered, to be labeled on the box, vial or other package containing the same, shall not extend to any practicing physician who shall deliver any of the articles therein mentioned with a prescription for the use of the articles. Revised Statutes, 1899, vol. 1, p. 626. 3044. Schedules; conditions; penalty. It shall be unlawful for any person to retail any poisons enumerated in schedules "A" and "B," except as follows: Schedule "A"-arsenic and its preparations, biniodide of mercury, cyanide of potassium, hydrocyanic acid, strychnia, and all other poisonous vegetable alkaloids and their salts, and the essential oil of bitter almonds. Schedule "B"opium and its preparations, except paregoric and other preparations of opium containing less than two grains to the ounce; aconite, belladonna, colchicum, conium, nux vomica, henbane, savin, ergot, cotton root, cantharides, creosote, veratrum, digitalis, and their pharmaceutical preparations, croton oil, chloroform, chloral hydrate, sulphate of zinc, corrosive sublimate, red precipitate, white precipitate, mineral acids, carbolic acid, oxalic acid, without labeling the box, vessel or paper in which the said poison is contained, and also the outside wrapper or cover, with the name of the article, the word "poison," and the name and place of business of the seller. Nor shall it be lawful for any person to sell or deliver any poisons enumerated in schedules "A" and "B," unless upon due inquiry it be found that the purchaser is aware of its poisonous character, and represents that it is to be used for legitimate purposes. Nor shall it be lawful for any registered pharmacist to sell any poisons included in schedule "A" without, before delivering the same to the purchaser, causing an entry to be made in a book kept for that purpose, stating the date of sale, name and address of purchaser, the name of poison sold, the purpose for which it was represented by the purchaser to be required, and the name of the dispenser such book to be always open for inspection by the proper authorities, and to be preserved for at least five years. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the dispensing of poison in not unusual quantities or doses upon the prescriptions of practitioners of medicine. Nor shall it be lawful for any licensed or registered druggist or pharmacist to retail, sell or give away any alcoholic liquors or compounds as a beverage. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars. 3046. Exceptions. This chapter shall not apply to physicians putting up their own prescriptions, nor to the sale of proprietary medicines. Revised Statutes, 1899, vol. 1, p. 768-9. 1. Sale of cocaine restricted. It shall not be lawful for any druggist or other person to retail or sell or to give away any cocaine, hydro-chlorate or other salt of or any compound of cocaine, or preparation containing cocaine, or any salt(s) of or any compound thereof, excepting upon the written prescription of a licensed physician or a licensed dentist, licensed under the laws of the state, which prescription shall only be filled once: Provided, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to sales in the usual quantities at wholesale by any manufacturer or wholesale dealer when such manufacturer or wholesale dealer shall have affixed to the box, bottle or package containing such cocaine, hydrochlorate or other salt or compound of cocaine or preparation containing cocaine, a label specifically setting forth the proportion of cocaine contained in any preparation. 2. Penalty. Every person who shall be found guilty of violation of the provisions of this act, shall, for the first offense, be fined a sum of not less than ten dollars, nor more than fifty dollars, and for each subsequent offense not less than fifty dollars, nor more than two hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding ninety days, or either or both, in the discretion of the court. Laws, 1905, p. 145-146. ADULTERATION OF DRUGS. 3042. Druggist responsible for quality of drugs; penalty. Every registered pharmacist, apothecary or owner of any drug-store shall be held responsible for the quality of all drugs, chemicals and medicines he may sell or dispense, with the exception of those sold in original packages of the manufacturer, and also those known as "patent medicines ", and should he knowingly, intention. ally and fraudulently adulterate, or cause to be adulterated, such drugs, chemicals or medical preparations, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction therof, be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars, and in addition thereto, have his name stricken from the register. Revised Statutes, 1899, vol 1, p. 768. 2269. Adulteration a misdemeanor. Every person who shall fraudulently adulterate, for the purpose of sale, anything intended for food or drink, or any drugs or medicine, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Revised Statutes, 1899, vol. 1, p. 627. 2378. Penalty. Whenever any offense is declared by statute to be a misdemeanor, and no punishment is prescribed by that or any other statute, the offender shall be punished by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding six months, or by fine not exceeding two hundred dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Revised Statutes, 1899, vol. 1, p. 648. ADULTERATION OF LIQUORS WITH DRUGS. 2278. Use of strychnine or other poisons; penalty. Any person who shall adulterate, by the use of strychnine or other poisonous liquids or ingredients, any spirituous, fermented, malt or vinous liquors, or shall sell any such liquors by retail or wholesale, knowing the same to be adulterated as aforesaid by or with strychnine or other poisonous liquids or ingredients, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof, be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding five years. Revised Statutes, 1899, vol. 1. p. 630. |