Drug act

The 1938 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act mandated that manufacturers of drugs had to provide labels on their drugs. These labels provided the consumer with information about what certain drugs contained and specific directions about how to take them. This action prevented false claims about drugs and allowed consumers to know that certain drugs were safe. As a result, the scrutiny of drugs ensured the selling of safe drugs in the United States. Food became upheld to a standard after passing the 1938

legislation that was a prime example of the progressive era, was the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906. This law came about due to muckraking, and also because of public and political interests. Muckraking, such as Upton Sinclair’s piece, “The Jungle”, helped in the timing of the adoption of this legislature.

Introduction: Since 2001, compounded drugs have caused more than 1,000 illnesses, and 87 deaths in the United States (cite 1). All of these unfortunate incidents were caused by errors during the manufacturing of compounded drugs, and in most cases, because of contamination. On the 25th of September 2013, the Drug Quality and Security Act, also known as H.R. 3204, was introduced, and three days later, was passed by the House of Representatives. On the 18th of November, this Act cleared the Senate. On the 27th

Drug Abuse Implications in Reference to Marijuana use Drug abuse is too much consumption of drugs which results in problematic consequences as a result of the excessive consumption. The issue of drug abuse has presented major controversies as to whether or not is detrimental to health and should not be used or whether people have the absolute right to do whatever they may please with their lives so long as nobody else is being affected. The abuse of drugs has not only disastrous consequences for

the Obama Administration passed into law The Fair Sentencing Act, which directly targeted the harshly different punishments for people caught in possession of crack versus people caught in possession of cocaine and effectively overruled the punishments of each drug outlined in the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986. Immediately, there was discussion regarding the purpose and effectiveness of this act versus the 1986 act. The Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986, although it was eagerly pursued and supported by black

the Orphan Drug Act (ODA) in 1983. Under the Ronald Reagan administration the Orphan Drug Act allows the federal government to help out in the making of new drugs for these rare diseases. Incentives are given to the drug manufacturer in order to intise them to find a cure or develop a drug that will help out. To find a cure can become very expensive and time consuming for the drug companies. There are incentives given to the drug manufacturers like grant funding, assistance in the drug development

reduce recidivism of inmates and provide them with treatment that will allow them to rejoin society. For the participants drug court acts as an intervention program. It functions by “addressing the problems associated with drugs use, learning skills to avoid relapse, increasing family involvement, and promoting accountability for offenders” (Goetz & Mitchell, 2006). Most drug courts follow a similar model. The defendants entered in the program can come in through diversion, mental health courts or

The Prescription Drug Marketing Act of 1987 was signed into law on April 22nd 1988. The law was made to protect people from the purchasing and consuming tampered products. This includes counterfeit, adulterated, misbranded, or expired drugs. The FDA takes a special point to monitor counterfeit medication. Lately there are many serious counterfeit drugs that have been killing people. One example is that they have been finding many counterfeit drugs that contain fentanyl. Because this is such a potent

government were able to pass Acts and create organizations to keep monopolies at bay. Progressive reform movements allowed trusts and monopolies to be disbanded and kept more from forming. Also, in the political and economic changes of this time, laws were created to produce safety standards in the food business. The Pure Food and Drug Act states that it is unlawful to sell or produce "any article of food or drug which is adulterated or misbranded, within the meaning of this Act." This was a tremendous

increased in frequency in the United States over the past 20 years.4 In 2009, an estimated 5.3 million persons used opioid medications nonmedically within the past month, 200000 used heroin, and approximately 9.6% of African Americans used an illicit drug.4 Racial and ethnic minorities experience disparities in availability and access to mental health care, including substance use disorders.4,7 Primary care practitioners are often called upon to differentiate between appropriate, medically indicated