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Seventy-Nine Thousand Tablets
Direct Sales Co. v. United States (1943)
Charge: Conspiracy to violate the federal narcotics lawCourt: Supreme Court of the United StatesState: South CarolinaDocket: House Deck
The facts
A mail-order drug wholesaler sold morphine tablets to a doctor in a small rural town. In just over two years the doctor ordered 79,000 tablets, reaching 5,000 to 6,000 a month near the end. An average doctor needs about 400 a year. The company sold lots of up to 5,000 tablets, with big discounts on the largest. The doctor was illegally supplying addicts. The company said it had only ever sold a lawful product to a licensed doctor. It was convicted of conspiring with him.
You have the facts the court had. Guilty or not guilty? Call it in the game with your friends, then see what the court actually decided. Wrong call, you drink.
Citation: Direct Sales Co. v. United States, 319 U.S. 703 (1943)
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