It shall be unlawful for any person to give away the essence, extract or tincture of Jamaica ginger for beverage purposes or for any person, except a druggist or proprietor of a drugstore, who is entitled by law to sell alcohol for medicinal purposes upon prescription of a physician, to sell or dispense the essence, extract or tincture of Jamaica ginger, and the said druggist or proprietor of a drugstore shall act only upon the prescription of a regularly authorized practicing physician, all in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by law for the furnishing of prescriptions of alcohol for medicinal purposes, with the same limitations and restrictions in all details and particulars.
Ala. Code § 28-4-163 (1975)