Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Drug Legislation

Laws concerned with manufacturing, dispensing, and marketing of drugs.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Laws concerned with manufacturing, dispensing, and marketing of drugs.

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Synonyms

10 entry terms
  • Drug Laws
  • Legislation, Drug
  • Drug Law
  • Law, Drug
  • Laws, Drug
  • Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act
  • Narcotic Laws
  • Law, Narcotic
  • Laws, Narcotic
  • Narcotic Law

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Aspects Covered

8 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

specify country or state

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History Note

68; FOOD AND DRUG LAWS was see under LEGISLATION, DRUG 1968-78; FOOD, DRUG AND COSMETIC ACT was see under LEGISLATION, DRUG 1968-77

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Previous Indexing

  • Legislation, Medical (1966-1967)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Drug Legislation. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007880. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007880
  2. Drug Legislation. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q67121475