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| Consumers Union Report on Licit and Illicit Drugs | ||
| Text of a report on the history of drug use and regulation in the United States. ( http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/Library/studies/cu/cumenu.htm ) | ||
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| FDA: Drug Application Process | ||
| Information on the current drug approvals process. ( http://www.fda.gov/cder/regulatory/applications/ ) | ||
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| FDA: Laws Enforced by the FDA and Related Statutes | ||
| Provides information on major drug-related laws, including the Controlled Substances Act. ( http://www.fda.gov/opacom/laws/ ) | ||
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| FDA: The Story of the Laws Behind the Labels | ||
| Provides information on the history of the FDA, including the 1906 Pure Food and Drugs Act, the 1938 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and the 1962 Kefauver-Harris amendments. ( http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~lrd/history1.html ) | ||
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| Frontline: Drug Wars | ||
| Includes information on key drugs, drug abusers, and the issues surrounding American's "war on drugs." ( http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/drugs ) | ||
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| Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) | ||
| Gives information on national and international drug-related topics, including U.S. policies relating to prevention, education, treatment, and enforcement. ( http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov ) | ||
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| The Toadstool Millionaires: A Social History of Patent Medicines in America before Federa... | ||
| Includes the text of a book that covers the rise of patent medicines until the first federal food and drug law. ( http://www.quackwatch.org/13Hx/TM/00.html ) | ||
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| U.S. Department of Justice: Prison Statistics | ||
| Presents reports on the U.S. prison population, including people incarcerated for drug-related offences. ( http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/prisons.htm ) | ||
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| U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) | ||
| Supplies information and statistics on psychoactive drugs and U.S. drug enforcement activities, including drug scheduling. ( http://www.dea.gov ) | ||
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