SALE OF DRUGS
AMENDING THE POISONS LIST NEW PRECAUTIONS IN BRITAIN (British Official Wireless.) Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright RUGBY, January 2., Demands for additional precautions against the abuse of drugs and stricter control of their distribution, which have been made during recent years in many quarters, are met in new regulations issued by the Home Office amending the poisons list. 1 The order, which, will _ come into operation on May 1, provides for compulsory production of a physician’s prescription in the purchase of veronal, alonal, and other drugs of the barbituric group, as well as certain other drugs. The sale of strychnine as a vermicide will also be prohibited. Insulin and thyroid preparations must be sold with a' cautionary label advising their use only under medical supervision.
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Evening Star, Issue 22228, 4 January 1936, Page 11
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126SALE OF DRUGS Evening Star, Issue 22228, 4 January 1936, Page 11
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