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but they are not given to any person who is not a
a
chemist and druggist or medical practitioner. Ordinarily
licensee is
is authorised to possess only 1 ounce, but in special cases the limit may be raised. The alkaloids must be kept and sold in approved and specified premises, and may be purchased by a licensee only from Europe or from another licensed vendor in India. Licensees are required to register their transactions in cocaine or
Drugs its substitutes, and may sell these to any other licensee or to a qualified medical practitioner or dentist, but to no other person except upon the prescription of a qualified medical practitioner. A licensee, who makes a sale on a prescription, is reqired to retain the original prescription, or a copy, and to note on it, as well as on the copy, if there is one, every sale made according to it; and he is forbidden to repeat a prescription except on the order of a qualified medical practitioner. Proprietary articles containing cocaine or its substitutes may not be sold except by licensed persons, and licensees may sell them only if the articles show plainly on the labels what quantities of cocaine, eucaine, and novacaine, etc., are in them.
In addition, the Government of India prohibits the importation of cocaine through the Parcels Post and restricts importation to persons or their agents specially licensed for the purpose by e Provincial Governments.
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS
In the Straits Settlements the use of
cocaine is restricted in accordance with the "Ordinance
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