Title 21 — Food and Drugs
Part D · Chapter 13 — Drug Abuse Prevention and Control
§ 852. Application of treaties and other international agreements
Statutory text
Nothing in the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, the Convention on Psychotropic Substances, or other treaties or international agreements shall be construed to limit the provision of treatment, education, or rehabilitation as alternatives to conviction or criminal penalty for offenses involving any drug or other substance subject to control under any such treaty or agreement.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970
Pub. L. 91–513 title II § 412 · 84 Stat. 1236
Enacted · 21 U.S.C. § 852
(Pub. L. 91–513, title II, § 412, as added Pub. L. 95–633, title I, § 107(a), Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3773.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 91–513, title II, § 412, as added Pub. L. 95–633, title I, § 107(a), Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3773.)
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective on date the Convention on Psychotropic Substances enters into force in the United States [], see section 112 of Pub. L. 95–633, set out as a note under section 801a of this title.
Credits
(Pub. L. 91–513, title II, § 412, as added Pub. L. 95–633, title I, § 107(a), , 92 Stat. 3773.)