The Florida Senate

859.05  Narcotics not to be sold except on prescription.--No person shall sell, give away, or otherwise dispose of any opium, morphine, cocaine, or its salts, atropine, belladonna, or conium, to any person, except upon the written prescription of a licensed practicing physician, which prescription shall not be filled but once; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to manufacturers making and selling at wholesale to druggists, or to sales thereof, for the use of dentists, physicians, hospitals, or infirmaries. Any person who shall, for himself or herself, or for any other person, violate any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

History.--ss. 1, 2, ch. 5957, 1909; RGS 5529; ss. 1, 2, ch. 10189, 1925; CGL 7695; s. 1082, ch. 71-136; s. 1387, ch. 97-102.