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| Long title | An Act Supplemental to the National Prohibition Act. |
| Nicknames | National Prohibition Supplemental Act of 1921 |
| Enacted by | the67th United States Congress |
| Effective | November 23, 1921 |
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| Public law | Pub. L. 67–96 |
| Statutes at Large | 42 Stat. 222 |
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| Titles amended | 27 U.S.C.: Intoxicating Liquors |
| U.S.C. sections amended | 27 U.S.C. ch. 1 §§ 2, 3, 5 |
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| Medicinal Liquor Prescriptions Act of 1933 | |
| United States Supreme Court cases | |
| Lambert v. Yellowley | |
TheWillis–Campbell Act of 1921 was a piece of legislation in theUnited States intended to clarify and tighten regulations around the medicinal use ofalcohol duringProhibition. The law, sponsored byRepublican Sen.Frank B. Willis ofOhio and Rep.Philip P. Campbell ofKansas, specified that only "spirituous and vinous liquors" (i.e.spirits andwine, thus excludingbeer) could be prescribed medicinally, reduced the maximum amount of alcohol per prescription to half a pint, and limited doctors to 100 prescriptions for alcohol per 90-day period. It was commonly known as the "beer emergency bill".[1][2]
The Act kept in force all anti-liquor tax laws that had been in place prior to the passage of theVolstead 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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