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NEW ANTI-MARIHUAUA ORDINANCE VERY STRINGENTThe anti-marihuana ordinance is designed to become effective June 14. ft is stated by local phvsieans and druggists that marihuana lias legitimate uses. It is put. up bv tlie foremost drug manufacturers in the country and is frequently prescribed, as it is a sedative ofvalue.While the ordinance is designed to avoid the sale of this drug for smoking purposes, no mention is made in the new law that it may be used legitimately. Nearly all of the drug stores in the city have quantities on hand for use in prescriptions, though they say tlicv neversell it to smokers.The published ordinance will make it a felony for drug stores to have thisdrug on hand.All are agreed that marihuana, is a dangerous drug and that an effort should be made to have Mexico adoptstringent laws relative to its growth and sale in that country, particularly at border points because the stopping of its sale in El Paso will not absolutely do away with the possibility of usees of the weed securing it for their purposes.
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El Paso Herald
El Paso, Texas, US
Mon, Jun 07, 1915
Page 9
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