§ 208. — Certain preparations and sales excepted.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 21USC208]
TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
CHAPTER 7--PRACTICE OF PHARMACY AND SALE OF POISONS IN CONSULAR
DISTRICTS IN CHINA
Sec. 208. Certain preparations and sales excepted
The provisions of section 207 of this title shall not apply to
preparations containing not more than two grains of opium or not more
than one-quarter grain of morphine, or not more than one-quarter grain
of cocaine, or not more than two grains of chloral hydrate in the fluid
ounce, or, of a solid preparation, in one avoirdupois ounce, nor shall
they apply to preparations sold in good faith for diarrhea and cholera,
each bottle or package of which is accompanied by specific directions
for use and caution against habitual use, nor to liniments or ointments
sold in good faith as such when plainly labeled ``for external use
only'', nor to powder of ipecac and opium, commonly known as Dover's
powder, when sold in quantities not exceeding twenty grains. The
provisions of this section or section 207 of this title shall not be
construed to permit the selling, furnishing, giving away, or prescribing
for the use of any habitual users of the same any cocaine, salts of
cocaine, or preparation containing cocaine or salts of cocaine, or
morphine or salts of morphine, or preparations containing morphine or
salts of morphine, or any opium or preparation containing opium, or any
chloral hydrate or preparation containing chloral hydrate. But the
preceding sentence shall not be construed to prevent any recognized or
reputable practitioner of medicine whose permanent allegiance is due to
the United States from furnishing in good faith for the use of any
habitual user of narcotic drugs who is under his professional care such
substances as he may deem necessary for their treatment, when such
prescriptions are not given or substances furnished for the purpose of
evading the provisions of this section. But the provisions of this
section or section 207 of this title shall not apply to sales at
wholesale between jobbers, manufacturers, and retail druggists,
hospitals, and scientific or public institutions.
(Mar. 3, 1915, ch. 74, Sec. 6, 38 Stat. 819.)
Codification
Section is comprised of section 6 of act Mar. 3, 1915. Remainder of
such section 6 is classified to section 207 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 211 of this title.