The milestone drug legislation I have chosen is the “Pure Food and Drug Act” of 1906 which was the first of a series of significant consumer protection laws enacted by Congress in the 20th century and led to the creation of the Food and Drug Administration. Its fundamental design was to boycott remote and interstate movement in contaminated or mislabeled sustenance and medication items‚ and it coordinated the U.S. Department of Chemistry to review items and elude wrongdoers to prosecutors. It required
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everything. The European merchants were determined to find a product that the Chinese would purchase in large quantities. Eventually‚ the Europeans found opium‚ which is a drug that millions of Chinese people became addicted to. The Qing emperor was upset and sent a letter to Britain to stop trading opium with them‚ but they refused. It led to the Opium War of 1839‚ which was the clash between the British and
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Andrew Costa Professor Myles HUS 211 Substance Abuse 3/12/15 Opioids Outline Intro- Opium- from the Greek word opos‚ meaning juice or sap‚ was originally chewed‚ eaten‚ or blended into various liquids and swallowed. (Inaba 4-7) It was cultivated in The Mediterranean‚ and Southwest Asia. Dating all the way back to the 206 B.C.‚ Opium was a major product traded on the Silk Road. This classification of drugs is used primarily to treat pain‚ diarrhea‚ and cough. They are known to bring on a sense
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Britain and other Western countries wanted. The core and periphery relationship was starting to switch when the opium wars were happening. When British people were smuggling in opium to China‚ they were starting to have the balance of trade fall back into equilibrium because opium was a good that the people of China were demanding and the only source of opium was from Britain. When the opium wars were finished‚ it seemed like Britain had become the core and China had become the periphery because Britain
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worsening in Afghanistan which threatens the security and hinders the development. Afghanistan as the largest opium-producing country in the world produces 94% of the world’s opiates and thus has 920‚000 illicit drug users. Ministry of Counter Narcotics (MCN) and many other major organizations such as International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL)‚ UNODC and Colombo Plan aim to eliminate opium and illicit drugs’ cultivation‚ production‚ trafficking and addiction in Afghanistan through different
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The Opium Wars The Opium Trade During the Qing dynasty in China‚ the Qing government was not very fond of trade or any kind of contact with the outside world. If they found something they didn’t approve of‚ they destroyed it. The isolationism may also have been for religious purposes. The Qing dynasty may not have wanted their people to be exposed to different religions. The only port they allowed for trade was the port at Guangzhou. At this time‚ Britain as facing a problem; they had a high
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Congress of the Philippines Twelfth Congress First Regular Session REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9165 June 7‚ 2002 AN ACT INSTITUTING THE COMPREHENSIVE DANGEROUS DRUGS ACT OF 2002‚ REPEALING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6425‚ OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE DANGEROUS DRUGS ACT OF 1972‚ AS AMENDED‚ PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR‚ AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress Section 1. Short Title. – This Act shall be known and cited as the "Comprehensive Dangerous
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illegal to use opium from the opium poppy plant in it’s for any reason. By contrast‚ in Afghanistan‚ it is commonplace to use this drug for medicinal purposes. One might imagine if in a remote location of a desert with no medical services nearby‚ a broken limb would be very painful and the use of opium as a painkiller would be a welcomed thing. Of course‚ not everyone lives in the remote locations and their view of this use might be different. But a lot of these people unknowingly use Opium many times
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to the Gun Boats Part I – Traditional Chinese World Order and Tribute System Part II – Relations with Barbarians and Foreigners Part III – Diplomacy Post Opium War Part IV – Unequal Treaties – International Law Perspective Part V – Arrow War and Second Treaty Settlement Timeline- 1689 – Treaty of Nerchinsk 1842 – Treaty of Nanjing 1843 – Supplementary Treaty of Bogue 1844 – Treaty of Wangshia 1844 – Treaty of Whampoa 1858 – Treaty of
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The first international initiative to control drugs was the 1909 Shanghai Opium Commission which brought the community together in order to deter the illicit drug trafficking of opium. The Commission later met at conferences in the Netherlands in 1911 and 1913‚ promoting legislation that would aid them in handling the narcotics problem in their own country. During this same time period‚ the United States started to take notice in the favor of prohibition of all “moral evils‚” particularly drugs
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