HARDSHIPS OF SICKNESS

Hokitika Guardian, 2 November 1922, Page 2

HARDSHIPS OF SICKNESS

MORE EXPENSE TO THE SICK , UNDER. PROHIBITION. j If Prohibition comes the cost of stimulants will be a very serious item Whew! Ten-and-six a time. We do not think the doctors of this Dominion want prohibition. The medical profession in New Zealand has always upheld the highest traditions of its class, and has never allowed personal profit to come before the public welfare. In America, on the other hand, we are told that the doctors supported prohibition vigorously, because of the tremendous income it would bring them by issuing prescriptions for alcohol. Events have certainly justified their optimism, for the business of “prescriptioneering” has proved very profitable indeed. The point that interests you as a voter is that if prohibition is applied in New Zealand, you will have to pay a doctor ten-and-six every time you have to buy a shilling's-worth of brandy or a bottle of wine for a sick person. For the chemist dare not sell to you without a prescription. And no matter how suddenly or seriously the person is taken ill—you’ll have to FIND your doctor before you can get your prescription. At certain times of the day it is difficult to find any medical man at home. There may | be serious and dangerous delay. I If you want stimulants for the sick to be accessible in emergency—vote Continuance! 51.