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Title 21 — Food and Drugs

Part D · Chapter 13 — Drug Abuse Prevention and Control

§ 858. Endangering human life while illegally manufacturing controlled substance

Statutory text

Whoever, while manufacturing a controlled substance in violation of this subchapter, or attempting to do so, or transporting or causing to be transported materials, including chemicals, to do so, creates a substantial risk of harm to human life shall be fined in accordance with title 18 or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.

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.

  1. Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970

    Pub. L. 91–513 title II § 417 · 84 Stat. 1236

    Enacted · 21 U.S.C. § 858

    (Pub. L. 91–513, title II, § 417, as added Pub. L. 100–690, title VI, § 6301(a), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4370.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 91–513, title II, § 417, as added Pub. L. 100–690, title VI, § 6301(a), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4370.)

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Credits

(Pub. L. 91–513, title II, § 417, as added Pub. L. 100–690, title VI, § 6301(a), , 102 Stat. 4370.)

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