Food and Drug Laws Timeline

Food and Drug Laws Timeline
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The fight against drugs in the United States of America has had one of the longest campaigns passed along generations of presidents, dating back to the 1820s. Starting from the year 1906, this paper brings out the timeline of legislations that have been passed and implemented in the fight against drugs abuse (Fda.gov, 2015).
The year 1906 marks the first and original Pure Food and Drugs Act, which was passed by the congress on 30th June. It was into law by the then president Theodore Roosevelt. According to the law, as it was initially drafted, it prohibited interstate commerce especially on foods, drinks and drugs that were adulterated or misbranded. In the same day the congress passed into law the Meat inspection Act, which regulated the additives, preservatives and dyes. Part of the law also regulated the cure-all medicines that were being sold to the public, but had catastrophic impacts (INPUD's International Diaries, 2012).
In the year 1907, the certified color regulations were passed for the first time in the history of the United States (Fda.gov, 2015). These regulations made it clear that manufactures were only supposed to use some seven colors that were allowed in foods.
In 1909, the Smoking Opium Exclusion Act was enacted into law. This was a law that brought about the ban on the importation, being in possession and using (smoking) opium. However it is crucial to note that it did not regulate the use of opium in medications or the use of the same medication. This was also the first law that banned the non-medical use of a controlled substance in the US history.
In 1912 the congress made an amendment (Sherley Amendment) that regulated the labeling done on the medicine sold to customers. Previously, there had been a case commonly referred to US v. Johnson, where the Supreme Court ruled that it was not prohibited to put misleading information on medicine.
In 1914, the Harrison Narcotics Act was enacted into law. The law required that all the persons that were dispensing coca, cocaine, derivatives, their salts or preparations of the same to pay a small tax and keep records of those they sold their products to (Facultypages.morris.umn.edu, 2015).
In 1919 a constitutional amendment was made to control alcohol. This was agreed upon by more than 36 states out of the then 48. This was followed by an 18th amendment and the Volstead Act passage that outlawed production, sales and transportation alcohol and related beverages (INPUD's International Diaries, 2012).
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