Animal testing refers to the use of animals for scientific research. They can be used in scientific research for a variety of purposes, including studying biology, psychology and disease, testing pharmaceutical products, and cosmetics, among other products. Because such experiments are likely to cause suffering and death to animals, they are regulated to varying degrees in different countries and have generated ethical controversy.
For the purposes of taxation and FDA regulation, “cigar” means “any roll of tobacco wrapped in leaf tobacco or any substance containing tobacco” unless, “because of its appearance, the type of tobacco used in the filler, or its packaging and labeling, is likely to be offered to, or
For the purposes of taxation and FDA regulation, a cigarette is defined in 26 U.S. Code § 5702 as
Commerce refers generally to the activity of exchanging products, goods, and services for financial gain. The word commerce usually is used to mean economic activity broadly on a national or other large scale. Commerce can be used in many contexts but is most commonly used by governments in their constitutions and laws to define the authority of the government to regulate commerce activity.
The Commerce Clause refers to Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution, which gives Congress the power “to regulate commerce with foreign nations, among states, and with the Indian tribes.”
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is a Department of Justice federal law enforcement agency charged with investigating federal drug trafficking laws. The DEA is directed by an Administrator of Drug Enforcement, whom the President appoints and the Senate confirms, who is in turn directed by the U.S. Attorney General.
The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009 implemented multiple wide-sweeping restrictions on the tobacco industry and gave the FDA broad authority to regulate tobacco products. A few of the biggest restrictions include:
Food production has been regulated in the United States since the mid–1800s. But it was not until 1906, when both the Food and Drug Act (21 U.S.C. 1 et seq.) and the Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) were enacted, that the government took major steps to protect consumers.
A term describing the cultivation and usage of marijuana for its medicinal value. Medical marijuana is taken by patients for its therapeutic effects in alleviating pain, nausea, and to increase appetite. In California, for example, under the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act people can purchase medicinal cannabis if they have a valid recommendation from a physician.
