Medicinal Liquor Prescriptions Act of 1933 is a United States federal statute establishing prescription limitations for physicians possessing a permit to dispense medicinal liquor. The public law seek to abolish the use of the medicinal liquor prescription form introducing medicinal liquor revenue stamps as a substitution for official prescription blanks.

Medicinal Liquor Prescriptions Act of 1933

Long title	An Act relating to the prescribing of medicinal liquors.
Nicknames	National Prohibition Act Amendment of 1933
Enacted by	the 73rd United States Congress
Effective	March 31, 1933
Citations
Public law	Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 73–6
Statutes at Large	48 Stat. 23
Codification
Acts amended	Willis–Campbell Act
Titles amended	27 U.S.C.: Intoxicating Liquors
U.S.C. sections amended	27 U.S.C. ch. 1 §§ 1-3
Legislative history
Introduced in the Senate as S. 562 on March 28, 1933 Committee consideration by Senate Judiciary, House Judiciary Passed the Senate on March 29, 1933 (Passed) Passed the House on March 30, 1933 (Passed, in lieu of H.R. 1718) Signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on March 31, 1933

The Act of Congress amended Title II - Prohibition of Intoxicating Beverages as enacted by the National Prohibition Act of 1919. The alcohol prohibition law, better known as the Volstead Act, was amended twelve years before by the 67th United States Congress authorizing dispensary restrictions of ethyl alcohol by druggists or physicians. The public law was entitled the National Prohibition Supplemental Act of 1921.^[1]

The 72nd United States Congress pursued passage of a medicinal liquor regulatory bill ahead of the Congressional session expiration occurring on March 4, 1933. House bill 14395 went before the United States House of Representatives on February 25, 1933, resulting in a one hundred and sixty-eight to one hundred and sixty narrow margin vote.^[2]

Senate bill 562 was passed by the 73rd U.S. Congress and enacted into law by President Franklin Roosevelt on March 31, 1933.