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When six Food and Drug Administration inspectors were assigned to root out dangerous and illegal sales of amphetamine stay-awake drugs-better known as "bennies." "pep pills" or "co-pilots"-to over-the-road truck drivers, they had to work as truckers themselves. The FDA men usually operate without disguise, but the FBI taught them tricks of undercover work, and trucking-company representatives gave them tips on trucking. Willing companies hired them after first putting them through school. Then the FDA men went on the road, taking day or night jobs in the East, Midwest and South, bunking in truck...
...Hits, No Errors. The Department of Justice filed 22 criminal actions against 42 individuals in six states as a result of the drive. Last week the FDA scored six hits, winning pleas of guilty from defendants who drew fines or jail terms. These ran its string to 17 victories without a single defeat, left only five cases to go. One who drew a $500 fine and a year's jail sentence (suspended) was the Charlotte gas-station operator who sold to the teenager...
...milk samples tested at random across the U.S. Source: milk taken from cows too soon after treatment for udder inflammation. These tiny amounts are not dangerous to the vast majority of people, but could prove fatal to the few who are "exquisitely sensitive" to penicillin. Farmers, says the FDA, must not sell milk produced the first three days after treatment ends...
...After exposing 42 common drugs to blast and radiation during the 1953 Nevada A-bomb tests, the Food & Drug Administration released its findings: all the drugs were unharmed except two-insulin suffered a 10% loss of potency. Vitamin B a loss of 50%. Added the FDA: any drug found in an undamaged container, 1,000 yards or more from ground zero, can be considered safe for immediate...
This year more than half of all U.S. convictions of druggists for illegal sale of prescription items have involved amphetamine. On the FDA's list, goof balls are pushing barbiturates as the worst under-the-counter drug menace. Many doctors, the FDA believes, prescribe amphetamine too freely, not recognizing the danger from its misuse. And Killer Hall told Investigator Pruitt that his technique was to hand the druggist a $20 bill and say, "This is my prescription." He added: "For $20 most anyone can buy bennies...