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Title 21 — Food and Drugs

Part D · Chapter 13 — Drug Abuse Prevention and Control

§ 860a. Consecutive sentence for manufacturing or distributing, or possessing with intent to manufacture or distribute, methamphetamine on premises where children are present or reside

Statutory text

Whoever violates section 841(a)(1) of this title by manufacturing or distributing, or possessing with intent to manufacture or distribute, methamphetamine or its salts, isomers or salts of isomers on premises in which an individual who is under the age of 18 years is present or resides, shall, in addition to any other sentence imposed, be imprisoned for a period of any term of years but not more than 20 years, subject to a fine, 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 § 419a · 84 Stat. 1236

    Enacted · 21 U.S.C. § 860a

    (Pub. L. 91–513, title II, § 419a, as added Pub. L. 109–177, title VII, § 734(a), Mar. 9, 2006, 120 Stat. 270.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 91–513, title II, § 419a, as added Pub. L. 109–177, title VII, § 734(a), Mar. 9, 2006, 120 Stat. 270.)

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Credits

(Pub. L. 91–513, title II, § 419a, as added Pub. L. 109–177, title VII, § 734(a), , 120 Stat. 270.)

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