Pharmacy Law MPJE Exam: Federal Law questions with correct answers

What did the Federal Controlled Substances Act do? Why was it implemented? - Answer Legislators very concerned in the 1960s about legal and illegal drugs being abused They were given the opportunity to design an act/law Created the DEA to promulgate and enforce the law Created a closed system between: manufacturer, distributors, prescriber, dispenser, and patient. What did the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 do? - Answer Prohibited the adulteration and misbranding of foods and drugs in interstate commerce; DID NOT have to be proven safe or effective; did not require the label to list ingredients, directions for use, or provide warnings What did the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act do? (started in 1938) - Answer Provides for the comprehensive regulation of all drugs introduced into interstate (and most intrastate) commerce Under this act no new drug may be marketed and sold unless it has been proved SAFE ONLY for its intended use and approved by the FDA Labels must contain adequate directions for use and warnings about habit-forming properties of certain drugs