CRIM 3250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Tetanus, Sulfanilamide, Theodore Roosevelt
10 Nov 2020
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On a broader scale, there were other efforts to control the drug industry. Prior to 1905: popular media attacked misleading labels and claims of patent medicines containing psychoactive substances. Freely available off the shelf to everyone. Didn"t have to list the ingredients or test the drugs. Exposed the horrifically unsanitary and unhealthful conditions of the meatpacking plant. See climate for change on a broader scale. Public outrage legislative action by congress. 1905: teddy roosevelt calls for laws to regulate commerce in misbranded food and drinks. This leads to the passing of the pure food and drug act (1906) - banned interstate commerce of tainted and misbranded food and drugs. First broad to ensure safety in consumption for the general public. Empowered the fda to oversee the act"s provisions. Problem: compliance was more voluntary than enforced. No punishments for people that didn"t comply. Another problem: didn"t outlaw the sale of medications containing problematic drugs. Just required that the ingredients be listed.
