medicinal purpose "medicinal purpose" means any of the following purposes: (a) alleviating, treating, curing or preventing a disease or a pathological condition or symptoms of a disease; (b) diagnosing a disease or ascertaining the existence, degree or extent of a physiological or pathological condition; (c) contraception; (d) inducing anaesthesia; (e) maintaining, modifying, preventing, restoring, or interfering with, the normal operation of a physiological function; (f) controlling body weight; (g) general maintenance or promotion of health or well-being; [Ins. Act A1084 - New DEFINITION - "medical purpose] ACT 368 - SALE OF DRUGS ACT 1952 (REVISED 1989) 2. Interpretation.