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[CITE: 21USC850]

 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
              CHAPTER 13--DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION AND CONTROL
 
                  SUBCHAPTER I--CONTROL AND ENFORCEMENT
 
                     Part D--Offenses and Penalties
 
Sec. 850. Information for sentencing

    Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter or section 242a(a) 
\1\ of title 42, no limitation shall be placed on the information 
concerning the background, character, and conduct of a person convicted 
of an offense which a court of the United States may receive and 
consider for the purpose of imposing an appropriate sentence under this 
subchapter or subchapter II of this chapter.
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    \1\ See References in Text note below.
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(Pub. L. 91-513, title II, Sec. 410, Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1269.)

                       References in Text

    Section 242a of title 42, referred to in text, was repealed by Pub. 
L. 106-310, div. B, title XXXII, Sec. 3201(b)(1), Oct. 17, 2000, 114 
Stat. 1190.
