The decision of the British Home lomice t~ meet the demands made for 1 reform of the regulations concern= Ing the sale of dangerous drurs. will {be welcomed by those who have been brought to a sharp realization of the lease with which certain dangerous Jdrugs can be purchased. The require: ment that drugs of the barbiture group shall only be sold upon the Production of a physician's prescription is undoubtedly a step tu the Fight direction, for the number of deaths. which "have resulted. either from' deliberate suicide, or by the: thas been sume lent to call for strong Jcomment from many a coroner in recent years. It will be interesting: to learn at a later date of all the drags which in one way or another have been added to the poisons list, though Judging from the comparative slowness with which new additions are made, it" is apparent. that the authorities do not act too Grastically, nor put on the lst drugs could be made Tt is to be for whose inclusion only a slight case Out tion could though fortunately it is true that few it any deaths have been recorded as having been caused by the drugs which are now receiving the attention of the British Government, It is at all times undesirable that people should have cary access to these medicaments, which no matter how effective they may be in cases where their use clearly indicated, carry with them the disadvantage of being positively @angcrous in the hands of people who really know nothing about what they are using.
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