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... > social science subjects > sociology > social problems > drugs and society > drug policy > drug laws and policies > Pure Food and Drug Act
... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > deviance > drugs and society > drug policy > drug laws and policies > Pure Food and Drug Act
... > social science subjects > sociology > social problems > deviance > drugs and society > drug policy > drug laws and policies > Pure Food and Drug Act
social science subjects > law > legal specialisms > food law > Pure Food and Drug Act

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Pure Food and Drug Act  

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  • Beginning in the last quarter of the 19th century, support for federal legislation regulating food and drug products accelerated, and some 200 proposals were introduced in Congress. However, lobbies for the patent medicine and whiskey industries managed to prevent their passage. [Source: Encyclopedia of White-Collar and Corporate Crime; Pure Food and Drug Act]

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