| The biggest drug
enforcement problem at this time was the illegal distribution of barbiturates and
amphetamines. FDA responded by training drug inspectors in undercover techniques. |
As a result of the recommendations of the 1955 Citizens Advisory Committee, the
Division of Medicine underwent a major reorganization and became the Bureau of Medicine in
1957. By this time the Bureau was under Albert Holland,
formerly of the New York University College of Medicine and Armour Laboratories, where he
had been medical director. Holland had been appointed Medical Director in March 1954,
following the resignation of Nelson in 1952. |
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