The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906

Multiple Choice

The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906

A) merely required that manufacturers of a product list the ingredients of that product on a label.
B) was essentially the same as alcohol prohibition, but for cocaine.
C) backfired, as it led to a 3-fold increase in cocaine usage in the United States.
D) created a system by which the United States government now regulated and taxed the sale of cocaine, a system that ended within 3 years due to public outcry.