Alabama § 22-20-12 Advertisements Concerning Impotency, Prostatic Troubles, Etc

Alabama Statutes

§ 22-20-12 — Advertisements Concerning Impotency, Prostatic Troubles, Etc

Alabama § 22-20-12

Title 22Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control

Ch. 20Miscellaneous Health Laws

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Ala. Code § 22-20-12 (2026).

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Any person who shall, directly or indirectly, publish, deliver or distribute, or cause to be published, delivered or distributed, in any manner, whatsoever, any advertisement concerning lost manhood, lost vitality, impotency, sexual weakness, seminal emissions, stricture, drains, discharges, prostatic troubles, self-abuse or excessive sexual indulgences or calling attention to any medicine, article or preparation that may be used therefor, or to any person or persons from whom or any office or place at which information, treatment or advice relating to such diseases, infirmity, habit or condition may be obtained shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $10.00 nor more than $100.00. This section shall not apply to the advertising of

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Any person who shall, directly or indirectly, publish, deliver or distribute, or cause to be published, delivered or distributed, in any manner, whatsoever, any advertisement concerning lost manhood, lost vitality, impotency, sexual weakness, seminal emissions, stricture, drains, discharges, prostatic troubles, self-abuse or excessive sexual indulgences or calling attention to any medicine, article or preparation that may be used therefor, or to any person or persons from whom or any office or place at which information, treatment or advice relating to such diseases, infirmity, habit or condition may be obtained shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $10.00 nor more than $100.00. This section shall not apply to the advertising of any patent medicine not used or recommended for the treatment of venereal diseases, nor shall it apply to didactic or scientific treatises which do not advertise or call attention to any person or persons from whom, or any place at which, information, treatment or advice may be obtained, nor shall it apply to advertisements or notices issued by legally constituted health authorities in the discharge of their official duties.