Claim Citation Readiness
Claim Count
2
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Claims
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Date Precision
Exact day
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Display Date
November 23, 1921
End Sort Year
1921
Era
Prohibition and Repeal
Event ID
67
Evidence Confidence
Strong
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Geography
United States
Historical Significance
Turned legal medicinal liquor into a quantitatively controlled federal prescription channel rather than an unrestricted exception to Prohibition.
Last Reviewed
September 2, 2026
Publication Status
Published
Record Type
Event
Research Notes
Exact limits verified through the statutory text reproduced on printed page 7 of H. Rept. 17 (1933). The report marks this as existing law proposed for amendment; do not confuse the proposed 1933 changes with the 1921 rule.
Scope
American Whiskey Core
Start Sort Year
1921
Summary
A supplemental act limited medicinal prescriptions to spirituous and vinous liquor, capped the alcohol that could be supplied to a patient within ten days, and generally limited physicians to one hundred prescription blanks per ninety days absent an approved extraordinary reason.
Thematic Lanes
Law and TaxationCulture and Consumption
Timeline Date
November 23, 1921