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| Drugs that have a potential for addiction, habituation, or abuse are also related. |
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| a postmortem examination of the organs and tissues of the body, may have to be performed to determine the cause of death. |
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Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs BNDD |
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| the agency of the federal government authorized to enforce drug control. |
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| Controlled Substances Act of 1970 |
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| This act regulates the manufacture and distribution of the drugs that can cause dependence and places controlled drugs into five categories:I,II, III, IV, and V. |
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| A coroner is the public health officer who holds an investigation, or inquest, if the death is from an unknown or violent cause. |
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| or facts, figures and statistics, represent information about the individual patients life. In addition, some of the data is of a highly sensitive nature, such as the facts concerning rape, abuse and death. |
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| Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) |
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| The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) of the Department of Justice controls these drugs by enforcing the Comprehensive drugs Abuse prevention and Control act of 190, more commonly known as the controlled substance act . |
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| Employee Assistance Program (EAP) |
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| Is a service provided by many institutions, such as hospitals and corporations, for all of their employees and employees family members. It may be defined as a management financed and confidential counceling and referral service designed to help employees and or family members assess a problem, such as alcoholsim, or marital strife,or other problems |
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| Food and Drug Administration (FDA) |
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| an agency within the department of Health and Human services ultimately enforces drug (prescription and over the counter) sales and distribution. The FDA came into existance with the passage of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938, which sought to ensure the safety of those items sold within the United States. |
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| Addiction or abuse of a prescription or drug. |
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| an investigation if the death is from an unknow or violent cause. |
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| Duties owed to the public. These duties include reports of births, stillbirths, and deaths, communicable illnesses or diseases, drug abuse, certain injuries, such as rape, gunshot, and knife wounds, animal bites, and abuse of children, spouses, and older adults. Also marriages, divorces, and termination of pregnancies. |
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| Vital events also known as vital statistics, in a persons life, such as birth or death dates, are used by the government, public health agencies, and other institutions to determine population trends and needs. |
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