GOV 376: Drug Policy

Federal Government

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GPO's GovInfo provides free public access to Government information submitted by Congress and Federal agencies and preserved as technology changes. (replaced FDsys in December 2018)

United States Statutes at Large
Call Number: Ref. KF 50 .U52 (located in the compact shelving on the Ground Floor)
This is the final permanent version of the U. S. public laws, arranged chronologically.

Public and Private Laws
Online access to U. S. public laws is available from 1995 to the present.

United States Code
Call Number: Ref. KF 62 1992 .A2 (located in the compact shelving on the Ground Floor)
Publication Date: current
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View the Federal Register in a daily online newspaper format, highlighting the most popular and newsworthy documents. Users will be able to see all of the U.S. Government rules, proposed rules, public notices of federal agencies and Presidential documents in a clear layout and improved navigation. Covers from 1994 to the present.

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
Call Number: Ref. KF 70 .A3 (located in the compact shelving on the Ground Floor)
Publication Date: current
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Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
Online access to the CFR begins in 1996.
Congress.gov
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Congressional Committee Hearings
Online access to House and Senate committee hearings from 1997 to the present. Many of these hearings can also be found in the library's catalog.
Department of Health and Human Services
This is the federal cabinet department that oversees health policy and research.
National Institutes of Health
The home page of the NIH provides links to 27 specialized institutes and centers.

National Center for Health Statistics This link opens in a new window
Annual report on national trends in health statistics.

Drug overdose deaths in the United States, 1999-2018
Published by the National Center for Health Statistics, 2020
Urban-rural differences in drug overdose death rates, 1999-2019
National Center for Health Statistics, 2021
Prescription drug use among adults aged 40-79 in the United States and Canada
National Center for Health Statistics, 2019
The opioid crisis and the Black/African American population : an urgent issue.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Office of Behavioral Health Equity, 2020.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Contains news items, statistics, and links to publications.
Office of National Drug Control Policy and its role in federal drug control
Congressional Research Service, 2021
U. S. Food and Drug Administration
Updated daily with announcements, reports, regulations. The Center for Drug Evaluation and Research is an important component of the FDA.
World Health Organization (WHO)
WHO began when its Constitution came into force on 7 April 1948 – a date now celebrated every year as World Health Day. Its primary role is to direct and coordinate international health within the United Nations’ system.
United Nations Foundation - Global Health
Global health is one of the major initiatives of the United Nations Foundation.

Subjects: Government, Public Policy