Medicinal Liquor Prescriptions Act of 1933

Medicinal Liquor Prescriptions Act of 1933

Long title	An Act relating to the prescribing of medicinal liquors.
Nicknames	National Prohibition Act Amendment of 1933
Enacted by	the 73rd United States Congress
Effective	March 31, 1933
Citations
Public law	Pub. L. 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
Introduced in the Senate as S. 562 on March 28, 1933 Committee consideration by Senate Judiciary, House Judiciary Passed the Senate on March 29, 1933 (Passed) Passed the House on March 30, 1933 (Passed, in lieu of H.R. 1718) Signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on March 31, 1933

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 prohibition law, better known as the Volstead Act, was amended twelve years before by the 67th United States Congress authorizing dispensary restrictions of alcohol by druggists or physicians. The public law was entitled the National Prohibition Supplemental Act of 1921.

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.

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

Absinthe	History of medicine in the United States
Denatured alcohol	History of pharmacy in the United States
Elixir	Liquor
Emory Buckner	Mint julep
Excise tax in the United States	Moonshine
History of alcoholic drinks	Rectified spirit

Illustrations

Prohibition Era Liquor Prescription Forms

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  Early 1920s prescription form for medicinal liquor
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  Late 1920s prescription form for medicinal liquor

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.