Pure Food and Drug Act

During the Progressive Era in the early 20th century, Presidents Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson were striving to be the most progressive among other muckrakers/reformers to resolve issues among industrialization and urbanization. They each fought for reform by targeting colossal businesses, attacking substantial trusts and monopolies, drawing attention to the abuse of the working class and bringing awareness about environmental destruction. While all of the…

Introduction Naloxone (also known as Narcan or Evzio) is an opioid antagonist that has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for opioid overdoses since 1971; why are we hearing so much about it right now? Opioid overdoses and deaths continue to increase. In order to reduce these deaths, legislation is regularly being passed at the state level to get naloxone in the hands of the family and friends of those at risk for overdose. Currently, there are thirty-seven states with laws…

Revolution of 1910, Mexican immigrants flooded into the U.S. and introduced the recreational use of marijuana to American culture (“America’s War on Marijuana.” 2014). The drug then became associated with the immigrants, and the fear and prejudice about the Spanish-speaking newcomers became associated with marijuana. Anti-drug campaigners warned against the encroaching "Marijuana Menace," and terrible crimes were attributed to marijuana and the Mexicans who used it. This public resentment and…

The United States drug regulations are a joke. The only developed country I 've heard about that allows monopolies in the pharmaceutical world. Literally allowing them to set their own prices on drugs that have the capability to save one 's life. Recently, I did some research on EpiPens and their outrageous price hike. Knocking on the door on what we may think is unethical and inappropriate. Some may say that Mylan, the company behind the EpiPen cannot be blamed for their actions but in this…

the South is holy and pure. “Pastoral scene of the gallant South” (5) paints a beautiful picture of how the South is full of people that are brave and courageous which does hold true in some context. The irony is that the South is full of brave and courageous people, but not because the South is holy and pure, but instead because the people fought to stay alive in such dire circumstances. If you were not the subject of prejudice and segregation, the South was beautiful and pure. The line,…

“Protection of the public through such measures as the Pure Food and drug act and the Inspection Act were cornerstones of Roosevelt’s presidential progressivism”. (The enduring vision, 1865) Taft Roosevelt was angry by what he thought was betrayal by his successor so he and his divine supporters formed the “Bull Moose (Progressive)”…

land by nationalizing nearly 230 million aches of land. The NIRA created new agencies, a legacy was rooted in TR’s administration. In his time in office, TR grew the size of the federal government thought he passage of the Pure Food and Drug act and the meat packing act, which resulted in the creation of the FDA. As we can see both of the respective Roosevelts created new regulations and agencies in order to protect the country. Both followed a progressive path, which set the precedents…

it gave people a visual on the kind of “meat” they actually ate, how the food was treated, as well as how the animals lived amongst the people during the time before the process into food began. Sinclair once stated, “I aimed at the public’s heart by accident hit it’s stomach.” Sinclair’s intentions were to inform people of the poor conditions the immigrants faced during this time while featuring the horrific details of food; everyone’s center of attention remained on the unsanitary meat…

Overview of goals and objectives: According to Iowa state university, Information assurance is the method of maintaining and managing the risks regarding some information. Information assurance professionals try to protect the information and information systems by assuring authentication, confidentiality, integrity and availability of information. At whatever the phase the information is like storage, transition or processing, ensuring the protection of the information is the key. We can also…

2). HEROIN: Heroin is formed by conversion of morphine which does not require complex equipmentation but more elaborate chemical operation under which morphine is refluxed with acetic anhydride for about 5 hours results into the formation of Diacetyl morphine, i.e., heroin. It is seperated when the solution gets neutralize with sodium carbonate or washing soda in which heroin gets separated as a precipitate. It is collected and purified by treating it with hydrochloric acid by which Heroin…