Effective November 23, 1921 | Public law 67-96 | |
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Other short titles Alcoholic Liquor Traffic ActBeer Emergency BillNational Prohibition Definition ActSupplementary Volstead Act Long title An Act Supplemental to the National Prohibition Act. Nicknames National Prohibition Supplemental Act of 1921 Enacted by the 67th United States Congress | ||
The Willis–Campbell Act of 1921, sponsored by Sen. Frank B. Willis (R) of Ohio and Rep. Philip P. Campbell (R) of Kansas, prohibited doctors from prescribing beer or liquor as a “drug” to treat ailments.
The Act kept in force all anti-liquor tax laws that had been in place prior to the passage of the Volstead Act in 1919, giving authorities the right to choose whether or not to prosecute offenders under prohibition laws or revenue laws, but at the same time guaranteeing bootleggers that they would not be prosecuted in both ways.
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Willis–Campbell Act Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA