Browsing HLS Student Papers by Title
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Vaccines and The National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program
(2000)The federal government plays a leading role in vaccination by funding vaccine administration and by integrating the immunization efforts of the public and private sectors on national, state and local levels. Congress ... -
Waiting for Mifepristone
(2000)Physically, it is just a little white pill. But oh, what it could do: take abortion out of easily-identified clinics and disburse it to hospitals and doctor's offices, making what is so often called a "a private choice" ... -
Waiting to Exhale: Medical Marijuana and Its Uncertain Future
(1995)Therapeutic use of marijuana is a political, medical and moral issue that has provoked controversy throughout this century. On one side of the debate is the governments desire to prevent drug abuse and to make certain that ... -
WESTERN STATES MEDICAL AND OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THE DOCTRINE CONCERNING FDA REGULATION OF COMMERCIAL SPEECH
(2003)This paper will attempt to explain the current state of how commercial speech doctrine affects FDA regulation by looking closely to a recently decided case: Thompson v. Western States Medical. This case will then be used ... -
What About the Children? - FDA's Response to Pediatric Drug Testing
(2003)The Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has played a critical role in the protection of human subjects in research. Most recently, FDA enacted an interim final rule regarding protection of children in clinical ... -
What Can Your Food Do For You? (And Should FDA Let It?): An Overview of the Regulatory Regime (or Lack Thereof) Surrounding Functional Foods
(2006)Foods that provide a health benefit beyond basic nutrition, otherwise known as “functional foods,†may hold the key to better short- and long-term health for many Americans. In recent years, ... -
What is Soft Paternalism, and the Best it has to Offer in the Battle to Quit Smoking
(2006)The behavioral law and economics concept of “soft paternalism†offers a way to satisfy both the American predilection to remain skeptical of paternalistic government regulation and the ... -
What the FDA Doesn't Want You to Hear: Regulation of Tobacco Advertising and Disease-Specific Health Claims (A Hypothetical and a Fictional Discussion)
(1997)A hypothetical and fictional discussion of a law that would ban political advertising on food products. -
What's in an Apricot?: The Seeds of Life and Death
(1995)Many complex issues arise when evaluating the ramifications of the FDA's treatment of Laetrile. While the implications of the strife created by Laetrile have much farther reaching effects regarding FDA's treatment of ... -
Whistleblower Protections for FDA and Private-Sector Employees
(2005)The goal of this paper is to provide an introduction to the whistleblower protection laws that impact the FDA as well as publicly traded pharmaceutical companies. The paper begins by discussing the recent developments ... -
Who Shall Meet the Foe If Not She? Women’s Participation in the Movement Leading Up to the Federal Food and Drug Act of 1906, As Seen Through the Pages of Good Housekeeping
(2002)This paper examines women’s participation in the movement leading up to the Federal Food and Drug Act of 1906 through a close reading of Good Housekeeping magazine between the years 1885 and 1907. The ... -
Why FDA Has Adopted HACCP Regulations to Ensure the Safety of Food
(2006)HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point) is a form of statistical quality control adopted by FDA as a regulatory tool to ensure the safety of seafood and juice products. HACCP evolved from the teachings of Walter ... -
Why We Eat What We Eat: Explanations for Human Food Preferences and Implications for Government Regulation
(1997)As this paper will demonstrate, however, understanding the reasons behind human food preferences can make a tremendous difference in the well-being of the world's people. To this end, Part II examines two competing theories ... -
Wine, Cheese and a Dash of Poison in the Forehead: Exploring the Evolution of the Injectable Filler Industry and the Consequent Implications for Regulatory Action
(2006)Abstract: Although the American pursuit of youth and beauty has long influenced female consumers, the recent introduction of injectable fillers has overwhelmed the country's current capacity to regulate. Millions of American ... -
Working Out the Bugs in Pesticide Regulation: A Survey of the Joint Efforts of the EPA and FDA
(1999)Section II of this paper provides the reader with a brief history of pesticide regulation as it existed before the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA). A substantial discussion is included on the Delaney Clause, the ...