Medicinal Liquor Prescriptions Act of 1933 is a
United States federal statute
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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
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as a substitution for official prescription blanks.
The
Act of Congress
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amended ''Title II - Prohibition of Intoxicating Beverages'' as enacted by the National Prohibition Act of 1919. The alcohol prohibition law, better known as the
Volstead Act
The National Prohibition Act, known informally as the Volstead Act, was an act of the 66th United States Congress, designed to carry out the intent of the 18th Amendment (ratified January 1919), which established the prohibition of alcoholic d ...
, was amended twelve years before by the
67th United States Congress
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authorizing dispensary restrictions of
ethyl alcohol
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by druggists or physicians. The public law was entitled the
National Prohibition Supplemental Act of 1921.
The
72nd United States Congress
The 72nd United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 193 ...
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
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on February 25, 1933 resulting in a one hundred and sixty-eight to one hundred and sixty narrow margin vote.
Senate
bill
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562 was passed by the 73rd U.S. Congress and enacted into law by President
Franklin Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (; ; January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American politician and attorney who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. As the ...
on March 31, 1933.
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1933 in American law
1933 in the United States
73rd United States Congress
Prohibition in the United States