ABSTRACT
Before beginning the actual draughting of the form of law, the writer sent out a large number of letters to those believed to be interested in pharmaceutical legislation asking the opinions of the persons addressed upon the subject of an anti-narcotic law. The replies received indicate a wide difference of opinion even upon vital points. Great difference of opinion exists as to what substances an anti-narcotic law should prohibit or restrict. The principal object of the law must be to prevent the creation of drug habits rather than to reform those who are already enslaved, however desirable the latter might be, and the draft has accordingly been constructed upon this theory.
