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[CITE: 21USC852]

 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
              CHAPTER 13--DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION AND CONTROL
 
                  SUBCHAPTER I--CONTROL AND ENFORCEMENT
 
                     Part D--Offenses and Penalties
 
Sec. 852. Application of treaties and other international 
        agreements
        
    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.

(Pub. L. 91-513, title II, Sec. 412, as added Pub. L. 95-633, title I, 
Sec. 107(a), Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3773.)


                             Effective Date

    Section effective on date the Convention on Psychotropic Substances 
enters into force in the United States [July 15, 1980], see section 112 
of Pub. L. 95-633, set out as a note under section 801a of this title.
