The Drug Safety Board, focusing on issues around drug safety, formed as a collaboration between public and private entities.
The Office of Drug Control Policy reported on the heavy use of heroin by youth and young adults.
With the FDA Act of 1988, the FDA joined the Department of Health and Human Services to conduct research, enforce laws, educate the public, and provide information on drug abuse and current drug policy.
Thousands of Western European babies suffered birth defects resulting from thalidomide, a sleeping pill, prompting U.S authorities to prohibit the drug from entering American markets.
