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Note to moderator: read answerline carefully. Low-quality products of this type were exposed in Samuel Hopkins Adams’s “The Great American Fraud.” Frances Kelsey’s concerns regarding one of these products led to the passage of the Kefauver–Harris Amendment. (20[1])James Lewis blackmailed a company that produces (0[1])these products during a series (0[1])of 1980s murders in Chicago. (20[2]0[2])A 1997 (20[2])campaign (20[2])by Boots allowed (20[1])for TV (*) advertising (10[1])of these products (10[1])in the (0[1])US, (10[2])the only (10[1])country (10[2]0[1])that (10[1])allows (10[1])such advertising (10[2]0[1])apart (10[1])from New (10[1])Zealand. (10[1])These products (10[1])are the second mentioned in the name of a 1906 (10[1])bill also (10[1])called Dr. Wiley’s Law that mandated (0[1])purity in them. (10[1]0[1])In the 19th century, a common ingredient in these products was snake oil. For 10 points, name these products whose prescription type have to be approved (10[1])by (10[1])the FDA. (10[4])■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: drugs [or medicine; accept patent medicines or quack medicines or prescription drugs or nostrums or pills or pharmaceuticals; accept Tylenol or thalidomide or cancer drugs or morning sickness drugs or anxiety drugs]
<Michael Bentley, History - American - 1945&gt; ~24035~ &lt;Editor: Michael Bentley>
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Charles YoungBarrington AHunter A3620
Vishesh VermaTroyRichard Montgomery430
Arthur GaydenDetroit Country DayWinston Churchill A480
Matthew LiuChattahoochee AMexico5320
Nathan WuPlymouthKinkaid5320
Kaiwen XiaoIrvington AThomas Jefferson C530
Waverly O'MalleyCarl SandburgMaggie Walker C530
Anila MoparthiLincoln-Way EastChattahoochee B5520
Dillon RobertsonCarbondaleMidtown5520
Brady LaughlinWest PointMercer County5620
Brielle RachRockford Auburn BDetroit Catholic Central C5620
Nick MurrayDetroit Catholic Central ASolon5920
Andrew ShiThomas Jefferson ASt. Mark's6210
Isaac McCollumHoover BNorthmont B6510
Huan LinRockford Auburn ABelmont670
Shawn SyedUniversity LabDallas County6810
Riona DuncanWalter PaytonStevenson A6810
Omkar MaratheWilliam FremdMira Loma7010
Carson JacobsonWinnebagoNew Brighton710
Deven YearyWashingtonStevenson B7110
Colette KendrickWinston Churchill BThomas Jefferson D7110
Ave RiegerNorthmont AHeights7210
Varun VenkatagiriInnovation Academy BMoberly7310
Aristuto PaulParkway WestChoate Rosemary Hall7510
Mason SeversonNorrisJohn Adams B750
Jeffrey LiuHinsdale CentralJohns Creek B7510
Amanda CampbellMaggie Walker CCarl Sandburg7610
Michelle LuoJohns Creek AWoodland7810
Max KoldaJohn Adams AWaukee7910
Chakri GudlavalletiDunbarCanyon Crest8110
Charlie BorkElkhorn NorthLake Highland9110
Timothy PorterMaggie Walker AThomas Jefferson B9310
Kaitlyn LeonardBarrington BInnovation Academy A990
Clete ReinbergerCincinnati Hills ChristianHunter B1020
David BertolasiBelvidereSaint Joseph10210
Jesse RabbittJohn Adams BNorris12810
Kevin PengWinston Churchill ADetroit Country Day12910
Eric HuMaggie Walker BDetroit Catholic Central B13110
Anthony ZhaoThomas Jefferson CIrvington A13110
Maya PanditHunter BCincinnati Hills Christian13110
Rachel EzrielevRichard MontgomeryTroy13110
Adhav RavikumarInnovation Academy ABarrington B13210
Geo BeachNew BrightonWinnebago13210
Julian Halpern-SmithBelmontRockford Auburn A13210