PSYC 181 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Drug Efficacy Study Implementation, Harrison Narcotics Tax Act, Lysergic Acid Diethylamide
Document Summary
History of drugs part 4: laws regulating drug abuse. Pure food and drug act (1906): regulated drugs, food, and drug claims; created fda. Harrison narcotics tax act (1914): outlawed opiates and cocaine, mostly due to trade war with china. Marijuana tax act (1937): regulated marijuana; unconstitutional and repealed. Food drug and cosmetic act (1938): gave fda real power since cosmetic company changed compounds slightly which killed 140 people. Boggs amendment to the harrison act (1951): criminalized illicit drug use: ephedrine. From ma-huang plant; in traditional chinese medicine. Moderate stimulant used for asthma; marketed as herbal ecstasy. Smith kline and french (glaxosk) tried to make synthetic ephedrine (later developed pseudo-ephedrine or sudafed), but made amphetamine, which worked better, instead. Stimulants: increase bp to shrink blood vessels and increase airways; ppa, ephedrine, sudafed, phenylephrine, epinephrine, and amphetamine all have very similar molecular structures: amphetamine widely used otc until 1965. Benzedrine (amphetamine) inhalers available otc until early 1950s.
