Prescribing beverages of high alcoholic content as medicine to evade prohibition law; penalty
La. R.S. 26:715
in effect26:715. Prescribing beverages of high alcoholic content as medicine to evade prohibition law; penalty
Any physician or practitioner of medicine who prescribed beverages of high alcoholic content for any person with intent to evade, or with intent to assist others to evade, any state law or local ordinance prohibiting the sale and consumption, or either, of beverages of high alcoholic content shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars and imprisoned for not less than thirty days nor more than four months.
Acts 1987, No. 696, §1.
Source: Louisiana State Legislature (legis.la.gov)URL: https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=84795Fetched: 10/20/2026