DRUG REGULATION IN THE UNITED STATES

 

1791                Tax on Whiskey

Whiskey Rebellion

 

 

 

1853                Hypodermic Syringe

Opium

Morphine

Civil War

“Soldiers Disease”

 

 

1880's             Chinese Workers for the Railroads

Patient Medicines - “magic cures for your aliments”

 

 

 

1900                1 in 500 people in USA were physically dependent on opium.

                        Food was dirty and rotten in the stores.

 

 

 

1906                Pure Food and Drug Act.

Created the FDA - Food and Drug Administration

They regulate and control drug sales and manufacture in the US.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O6q5P1TCkc – Geritol Ad

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cfR5GolMMc – Wonder Bread Ad

                        Also regulate the food Industry:

 

1994                Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act – Products now have to be proven dangerous before the FDA can take them off the market.