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Quotation from Webb v. United States by Supreme Court of the United States
“It was the intent of Webb and Goldbaum that morphine should thus be furnished to the habitual users thereof by Goldbaum and without any physician's prescription issued in the course of a good faith attempt to cure the morphine habit.”
Webb v. United States, Certificate of the Circuit Court of Appeals, quoted in the Opinion of the Court (U.S. Reports text (Legal Information Institute))
The Sixth Circuit's certified statement of facts, which the Court accepted, states the purpose of the arrangement between doctor and druggist.
Citation: "It was the intent of Webb and Goldbaum that morphine should thus be furnished to the habitual users thereof by Goldbaum and without any physician's prescription issued in the course of a good faith attempt to cure the morphine habit." — Supreme Court of the United States, Webb v. United States, Certificate of the Circuit Court of Appeals, quoted in the Opinion of the Court (U.S. Reports text (Legal Information Institute)). (id webb-v-united-states-q2)
Portrait: William Rufus Day cph.3b31004, Unknown author, Public domain.
