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[CITE: 42USC242]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
                SUBCHAPTER II--GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES
 
                   Part A--Research and Investigations
 
Sec. 242. Studies and investigations on use and misuse of 
        narcotic drugs and other drugs; annual report to Attorney 
        General; cooperation with States
        
    (a) In carrying out the purposes of section 241 of this title with 
respect to drugs the use or misuse of which might result in drug abuse 
or dependency, the studies and investigations authorized therein shall 
include the use and misuse of narcotic drugs and other drugs. Such 
studies and investigations shall further include the quantities of crude 
opium, coca leaves, and their salts, derivatives, and preparations, and 
other drugs subject to control under the Controlled Substances Act [21 
U.S.C. 801 et seq.] and Controlled Substances Import and Export Act [21 
U.S.C. 951 et seq.], together with reserves thereof, necessary to supply 
the normal and emergency medicinal and scientific requirements of the 
United States. The results of studies and investigations of the 
quantities of narcotic drugs or other drugs subject to control under 
such Acts, together with reserves of such drugs, that are necessary to 
supply the normal and emergency medicinal and scientific requirements of 
the United States, shall be reported not later than the first day of 
April of each year to the Attorney General, to be used at his discretion 
in determining manufacturing quotas or importation requirements under 
such Acts.
    (b) The Surgeon General shall cooperate with States for the purpose 
of aiding them to solve their narcotic drug problems and shall give 
authorized representatives of the States the benefit of his experience 
in the care, treatment, and rehabilitation of narcotic addicts to the 
end that each State may be encouraged to provide adequate facilities and 
methods for the care and treatment of its narcotic addicts.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, Sec. 302, 58 Stat. 692; Pub. L. 91-
513, title II, Sec. 701(j), Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1282.)

                       References in Text

    The Controlled Substances Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is title 
II of Pub. L. 91-513, Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1242, as amended, which is 
classified principally to subchapter I (Sec. 801 et seq.) of chapter 13 
of Title 21, Food and Drugs. For complete classification of this Act to 
the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 801 of Title 21 and 
Tables.
    The Controlled Substances Import and Export Act, referred to in 
subsec. (a), is title III of Pub. L. 91-513, Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 
1285, as amended, which is classified principally to subchapter II 
(Sec. 951 et seq.) of chapter 13 of Title 21. For complete 
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out 
under section 951 of Title 21 and Tables.


                               Amendments

    1970--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 91-513 inserted references to drug 
dependency, drugs other than narcotic drugs, and substances subject to 
control under the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled 
Substances Import and Export Act, substituted the first day of April of 
each year for the first day of September of each year as the date by 
which the study results must be submitted, substituted the Attorney 
General for the Secretary of the Treasury as the officer to whom the 
report is to be submitted, and struck out references to the Narcotic 
Drugs Import and Export Act.


                    Effective Date of 1970 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 91-513 effective on first day of seventh 
calendar month that begins after Oct. 26, 1970, see section 704 of Pub. 
L. 91-513, set out as an Effective Date note under section 801 of Title 
21, Food and Drugs.


                            Savings Provision

    Amendment by Pub. L. 91-513 not to affect or abate any prosecutions 
for violation of law or any civil seizures or forfeitures and injunctive 
proceedings commenced prior to the effective date of such amendment, and 
all administrative proceedings pending before the Bureau of Narcotics 
and Dangerous Drugs on Oct. 27, 1970, to be continued and brought to 
final determination in accord with laws and regulations in effect prior 
to Oct. 27, 1970, see section 702 of Pub. L. 91-513, set out as a note 
under section 321 of Title 21, Food and Drugs.

                          Transfer of Functions

    Office of Surgeon General abolished by section 3 of Reorg. Plan No. 
3 of 1966, eff. June 25, 1966, 31 F.R. 8855, 80 Stat. 1610, and 
functions thereof transferred to Secretary of Health, Education, and 
Welfare by section 1 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1966, set out as a note 
under section 202 of this title. Secretary of Health, Education, and 
Welfare redesignated Secretary of Health and Human Services by section 
509(b) of Pub. L. 96-88 which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 
20, Education.


                     Marihuana and Health Reporting

    Pub. L. 91-296, title V, June 30, 1970, 84 Stat. 352, as amended by 
Pub. L. 95-461, Sec. 3(a), Oct. 14, 1978, 92 Stat. 1268; Pub. L. 96-88, 
title V, Sec. 509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695, known as the 
Marihuana and Health Reporting Act, which required the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, after consultation with the Surgeon General 
and other appropriate individuals, to transmit a report to the Congress 
on or before January 31, 1971, and biennially thereafter (1) containing 
current information on the health consequences of using marihuana, and 
(2) containing such recommendations for legislative and administrative 
action as he may deem appropriate, was repealed by Pub. L. 98-24, 
Sec. 2(d), Apr. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 182.
