Introduction:
Prior to the 20th century, drugs were used both for medicinal purposes and Prior to the 20th century, drugs were used both for medicinal purposes and occasionally for recreational use (Anderson). Drug use turned to abuse, and a need to curb the American appetite for drugs arose. America has been in a never ending battle with drugs since.
1906 Pure Food and Drug Act: One of the first significant drug related law to be passed in America was the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906. The Pure Food and Drug Act made it illegal to “manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors, and for regulating traffic therein, and for other purposes” (FDA, 2009). …show more content…
The Harrison Act was comprised of four provisions.
“1. Registration- on Every person who produces, imports, manufactures, compounds, deals in, dispenses, distributes, or gives away opium or coca leaves or any compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, or preparation thereof, shall register with the collector of internal revenue of the district.
2. Taxation- Every person who produces, imports, manufactures, compounds, deals in, dispenses, distributes, or gives away any of the aforesaid drugs shall pay to the said collector a special tax
3. License to “prescribe”- It is unlawful for any person to sell, barter, exchange, or give away any of the aforesaid drugs except in pursuance of a written order of the person to whom such article is sold, bartered, exchanged, or given, on a form to be issued in blank for that purpose by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
4. Record keeping- That such physician, dentist, or veterinary surgeon shall keep a record of all such drugs dispensed or distributed, showing the amount dispensed or distributed, the date, and the name and address of the person to whom such drugs are dispensed or
Prior to the 20th century, drugs were used both for medicinal purposes and Prior to the 20th century, drugs were used both for medicinal purposes and occasionally for recreational use (Anderson). Drug use turned to abuse, and a need to curb the American appetite for drugs arose. America has been in a never ending battle with drugs since.
1906 Pure Food and Drug Act: One of the first significant drug related law to be passed in America was the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906. The Pure Food and Drug Act made it illegal to “manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors, and for regulating traffic therein, and for other purposes” (FDA, 2009). …show more content…
The Harrison Act was comprised of four provisions.
“1. Registration- on Every person who produces, imports, manufactures, compounds, deals in, dispenses, distributes, or gives away opium or coca leaves or any compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, or preparation thereof, shall register with the collector of internal revenue of the district.
2. Taxation- Every person who produces, imports, manufactures, compounds, deals in, dispenses, distributes, or gives away any of the aforesaid drugs shall pay to the said collector a special tax
3. License to “prescribe”- It is unlawful for any person to sell, barter, exchange, or give away any of the aforesaid drugs except in pursuance of a written order of the person to whom such article is sold, bartered, exchanged, or given, on a form to be issued in blank for that purpose by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
4. Record keeping- That such physician, dentist, or veterinary surgeon shall keep a record of all such drugs dispensed or distributed, showing the amount dispensed or distributed, the date, and the name and address of the person to whom such drugs are dispensed or