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Standards Index: Topic 5.6: Interest Groups Influencing Policy Making

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Skill 1.D: Describe policies illustrated in different scenarios in context.

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Influencing Public Policy: The Story of Thalidomide

Students will learn how a prescription medication’s devastating side effects shocked the nation decades ago and led to today’s federal drug safety guidelines.