Under this Act, drug labels,
Under this Act, drug labels,
Humans have for centuries tried to alter their state of consciousness using various ways. These ways include dancing, chanting, holding their breath, and various plants or drugs. Drugs were not a concern of the people or of the government until the Chinese railroad workers were smoking opium in the United States. This began to raise concern and led to laws being passed to regulate drugs. However, those laws were replaced with a stricter version called the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970. This act called for more enforcement of drugs in the United States. Within this act was the controlled substance act which allowed the government to not only control drugs but also allowed them to be classified. While this…
The Uniform Controlled Substances Act was drafted by the United States Department of Justice in 1969. The Uniform Controlled Substances Act brings together a number of laws regulating the manufacture and distribution of any narcotics. All controlled substances are placed in five different schedules, based on medicinal values, harmfulness and potential for abuse or addiction. Narcotics can be refer to as opium and have semi-synthetic substitutes such as; heroin, oxycontin, vicodin, codeine, morphine and fentanyl. Narcotics “opioids” medical uses are prescribed by doctors to treat pain, suppress cough, cure diarrhea and help as a sleep aid. Other manufacture and distribution drugs are stimulants, depressants, hallucinogens, anabolic steroids…
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The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 and the Meat Inspection Act of 1906 were both widely accredited to a book called 'The Jungle' that was written by the Progressive author Upton Sinclair. Upton Sinclair revealed the unhygienic and unsanitary methods used by the food industry and a scandal emerged about the quality and purity of food sold to the U.S. public. The Jungle was published in 1906 and became an international best seller. Upton Sinclair exposed Chicago's meatpacking industry telling lurid tales of diseased meat, of dead rats and the poison that killed them being thrown into the processing vats to make…
The Pure Food and Drug Act was signed by President Theodore Roosevelt on June 30, 1906, the same day as the Meat Inspection Act. The act was designed to prevent the adulteration and mislabeling of foods and pharmaceuticals. This was a direct result of the scandals of the unsanitary methods used by the food industry that was revealed in ‘The Jungle’ written by Upton Sinclair. The act hoped to protect the public from unsafe food, deceptive claims of of a drug/medicine made, and to respond to the public outcry against the unhygienic and unsanitary processing methods. As a result, the act prevented the misrepresentation of medicine and drugs, it gave credibility to the Square Deal domestic policy of President Roosevelt, it gave credence to the…
“The Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention Control Act of 1970 is the principal federal law regulating the manufacture, distribution, dispensing, and delivery of drugs or substances that may result in abuse or physical or psychological dependence and addiction” (Van Dusen, 2010). Certain narcotics, stimulants, depressants, hallucinogens, anabolic steroids and other chemicals are regulated. According to the (DEA) drug enforcement administration the schedule I drugs is the most dangerous. Medical uses have not been accepted and the potential for abuse is excessive. An example of these drugs is heroin, LSD, and marijuana, even though in some states marijuana is a legalized. Schedule II drugs have a high potential for abuse. Example of this scheduled…
Food legislation in 1920 was less effective than food legislation now but, due to the reduced number of food involved issues in 1920, the health of food then was better then food now. In 1920 all food legislation was leftover from the Pure food and Drug act of 1906 which was involved in the meatpacking industry to prevent the mislabeling and adulteration of food, within state borders. (FDA, 1906) Legislation now covers almost all important issues involving food and public health with the exception of sugar.…
The Kefauver–Harris Amendments signed during 1962 by President John F. Kennedy, addressed the concerns of both, the escalating cost of medication as well as increased governmental regulations for the Food and Drug Administration to control the pharmaceutical industry’s practices in reporting. As reported by Greene and Podolsky, Senator Kefauver considered, “The “captivity” of the prescription-drug consumer in the face of price gouging and dubious claims of efficacy under-scored the need for the state to ensure that innovative industries worked to the benefit of the average American” (“Reform, Regulation, and Pharmaceuticals” 1481). Even though Senator Kefauver initial intent was to investigate the increasing cost of medication, this amendment…
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The Vioxx debate had at its center a leading pharmaceutical company that enjoyed a good run of blockbuster drug releases in the 1990’s. This particular drug was envisioned to follow in the path of its predecessors in terms of successful returns. The debate started at a critical time for Merck & Co.; when patents on some of its main drugs were expiring and the drug stood as the product that would maintain profits in the…
The problem this topic addresses is the reality that major pharmaceutical companies are committing fraud to fool consumers. Recognizing that what they are participating in is fraud shed's a light on what we should be questioning. It also includes understanding the role of the FDA and how effective their laws are. Witnessing crack downs on major companies on behalf of the consumer, and the penalties administered, makes us believe that our government, in some ways, is looking out for our best interest.…
Dating back to 2737 BCE nations and great leaders have used marijuana as a medicinal substance. Unlike most drugs marijuana comes from a plant, Cannabis Sativa. In a concentrated state it can be used as a hallucinogen but since our forefathers came over we have used it as a cheaper alternative to paper and an alternative to deadly medicines as well. If the U.S. were to ever legalize the usage of marijuana our forests would be rebuilt. Along with that comes the possibility of new cures in the medicine making industries. Since 1937 doctors and pharmaceutical companies have not been allowed to experiment with the plant but instead are stuck with the “what ifs”. Many people argue that one “what if” includes the possibility that marijuana could be a key in curing cancer. (Bjornlund)…
In the past several years some critical changes have been taking place in the pharmaceutical industry which included encouragement of generic prescriptions by the formularies, the exclusive listing of a single drug for a particular therapeutic prescription, enablement of bulk discount rate negotiation by health care insurers, and the minimization of the number of drugs to be put in the formularies. These changes pressured the pharmaceutical manufacturers to reduce the…
The drug company's has to carry out clinical trials to prove the safety and effectiveness of the new drug. After the trials were carried out and results are reviewed by the medical experts then only the FDA will be approach by these experts to approve these drugs. The drug would be monitored for safety even after it hits the market. After FDA approves a drug the manufacturer can only market the drug for the purpose of which it was intended for unlike physicians who could prescribe it for any purpose. This would encourage the companies to continue study their approved drugs so that their safety and effectivness would not be proven wrong and the products could actually cure the ailments and health conditions. The FDA was often told to be very slow at approving of new drugs which caused patients to not get new drugs as soon as they expected and drug companies were scared of losing their sales revenue. In 1992, PUDFA which stands for Prescription Drug User Free Act, was passed by the congress, which is a law that every pharmaceutical company has to pay user fees to the FDA to review their new medicines. This helped the FDA receive money to hire more employees and therefore the time took to approve new drugs had shorten from 27 months to 14 months by 2001. There were some reports claiming that the staff at the FDA were constantly under…
chapter – 2 Introduction The Law relating to this statute was contained in the Chapter VII of the Indian Contract Act, 1872. Subsequently, it was separated with the Indian Sale of Goods Bill, which received its assent on 15th, March 1930. It came into force on the 1st of July, 1930 as the Indian Sale of Goods Act, 1930. In due course, the word “Indian” was omitted by the Indian Sale of Goods (Amendment) Act, 1963 (33 of 1965)…