Not the answer, but a clue perhaps: An announcement in the final 1914 issue says: "With this issue the Journal of Inebriety passes into the hands of 'The Journal of Inebriety Publishing Company', incorporated under the laws of the state of Connecticut with Thomas D. Crothers, M.D., President, Pitts Edwin Howes, M.D., Treasurer and General Manager, and Judge Arthur Perkins, of Hartford, as Secretary. This corporation will strive in every way possible to advance the interest and influence of the Journal that has come under their control. It is earnestly desired to issue the Journal as a monthly just as soon as it is a practical proposition. Every one of our readers can assist in this endeavor by sending to the Manager the addresses of any of their acquaintances who might be induced to become subscribers and supporters of our publication. A little effort by each one will easily help us to secure the additional subscribers that is necessary to enable us to carry out plans for a monthly publication. To every person who receives this Journal we would say, MAY WE NOT COUNT ON YOU FOR THIS ASSISTANCE?"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Narcotics_Tax_Act

The act appears to be concerned about the marketing of opiates. However a clause applying to doctors allowed distribution "in the course of his professional practice only." This clause was interpreted after 1917 to mean that a doctor could not prescribe opiates to an addict, since addiction was not considered a disease. A number of doctors were arrested and some were imprisoned. The medical profession quickly learned not to supply opiates to addicts. In United States v. Doremus, 249 U.S. 86 (1919), the Supreme Court ruled that the Harrison Act was constitutional, and in Webb v. United States, 249 U.S. 96, 99 (1919) that physicians could not prescribe narcotics solely for maintenance