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[CITE: 21USC1101]

 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
    CHAPTER 16--DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION, TREATMENT, AND REHABILITATION
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 1101. Congressional findings

    The Congress makes the following findings:
        (1) Drug abuse is rapidly increasing in the United States and 
    now afflicts urban, suburban, and rural areas of the Nation.
        (2) Drug abuse seriously impairs individual, as well as 
    societal, health and well-being.
        (3) Drug abuse, especially heroin addiction, substantially 
    contributes to crime.
        (4) The adverse impact of drug abuse inflicts increasing pain 
    and hardship on individuals, families, and communities and 
    undermines our institutions.
        (5) Too little is known about drug abuse, especially the causes, 
    and ways to treat and prevent drug abuse.
        (6) The success of Federal drug abuse programs and activities 
    requires a recognition that education, treatment, rehabilitation, 
    research, training, and law enforcement efforts are interrelated.
        (7) The effectiveness of efforts by State and local governments 
    and by the Federal Government to control and treat drug abuse in the 
    United States has been hampered by a lack of coordination among the 
    States, between States and localities, among the Federal Government, 
    States and localities, and throughout the Federal establishment.
        (8) Control of drug abuse requires the development of a 
    comprehensive, coordinated long-term Federal strategy that 
    encompasses both effective law enforcement against illegal drug 
    traffic and effective health programs to rehabilitate victims of 
    drug abuse.
        (9) The increasing rate of drug abuse constitutes a serious and 
    continuing threat to national health and welfare, requiring an 
    immediate and effective response on the part of the Federal 
    Government.
        (10) Although the Congress observed a significant apparent 
    reduction in the rate of increase of drug abuse during the three-
    year period subsequent to March 21, 1972, and in certain areas of 
    the country apparent temporary reductions in its incidence, the 
    increase and spread of heroin consumption since 1974, and the 
    continuing abuse of other dangerous drugs, clearly indicate the need 
    for effective, ongoing, and highly visible Federal leadership in the 
    formation and execution of a comprehensive, coordinated drug abuse 
    policy.
        (11) Shifts in the usage of various drugs and in the Nation's 
    demographic composition require a Federal strategy to adjust the 
    focus of drug abuse programs to meet new needs and priorities on a 
    cost-effective basis.
        (12) The growing extent of drug abuse indicates an urgent need 
    for prevention and intervention programs designed to reach the 
    general population and members of high risk populations such as 
    youth, women, and the elderly.
        (13) Effective control of drug abuse requires high-level 
    coordination of Federal international and domestic activities 
    relating to both supply of, and demand for, commonly abused drugs.
        (14) Local governments with high concentrations of drug abuse 
    should be actively involved in the planning and coordination of 
    efforts to combat drug abuse.

(Pub. L. 92-255, title I, Sec. 101, Mar. 21, 1972, 86 Stat. 66; Pub. L. 
94-237, Sec. 1, Mar. 19, 1976, 90 Stat. 241; Pub. L. 96-181, Sec. 2, 
Jan. 2, 1980, 93 Stat. 1309.)


                               Amendments

    1980--Pars. (11) to (14). Pub. L. 96-181 added pars. (11) to (14).
    1976--Par. (10). Pub. L. 94-237 added par. (10).


                      Short Title of 1980 Amendment

    Section 1(a) of Pub. L. 96-181 provided that: ``This Act [enacting 
sections 1111 to 1117 and 1181 of this title, amending this section, 
sections 1102, 1162, 1164, 1176, 1177, 1180, and 1191 to 1193 of this 
title, and sections 218, 300l-2, 300m-3, and 3733 of Title 42, The 
Public Health and Welfare, omitting sections 1118 to 1120 and 1131 to 
1133 of this title, enacting provisions set out as notes under this 
section and section 1193 of this title, and amending provisions set out 
as a note below] may be cited as the `Drug Abuse Prevention, Treatment, 
and Rehabilitation Amendments of 1979'.''


                      Short Title of 1978 Amendment

    Pub. L. 95-461, Sec. 1, Oct. 14, 1978, 92 Stat. 1268, provided that: 
``This Act [enacting section 1194 of this title, amending sections 1172, 
1176, 1177, 1192, and 1193 of this title, enacting a provision set out 
as a note under section 1172 of this title and amending a provision set 
out as a note under section 242 of Title 42, The Public Health and 
Welfare] may be cited as the `Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment 
Amendments of 1978'. ''


                               Short Title

    Section 1 of Pub. L. 92-255, as amended by Pub. L. 96-181, 
Sec. 15(a), Jan. 2, 1980, 93 Stat. 1316, provided that: ``This Act 
[enacting this chapter, and amending sections 5313, 5315, and 5316 of 
Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, and sections 218, 246, 
257, 2684, 2688a, 2688k, 2688n-1, and 2688t of Title 42, The Public 
Health and Welfare] may be cited as the `Drug Abuse Prevention, 
Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act'.''


        References to Drug Abuse Office and Treatment Act of 1972

    Section 15(b) of Pub. L. 96-181 provided in part that: ``Whenever 
reference is made in any other Federal law, regulation, ruling, or order 
to the Drug Abuse Office and Treatment Act of 1972, the reference shall 
be considered to be made to the Drug Abuse Prevention, Treatment, and 
Rehabilitation Act.''
