HR 16588 · 93th Congress · Drug law and legislation
Psychotropic Substances Act
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Introduced2
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EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.(1974-08-22)
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Psychotropic Substances Act - Presents the finding of the Congress that it is essential that the United States cooperate with other nations in establishing effective controls over international traffic in psychotropic substances. Makes it the intent of the Congress that the provision of this Act will satisfy all obligations of the United States under the Convention on Psychotropic Substances, signed at Vienna, Austria, on February 21, 1971, which is designed to establish suitable controls over the manufacture, distribution, transfer, and use of certain psychotropic substances. States the desire of the Congress that, in the implementation of the Convention, the control of psychotropic substances in the United States should be accomplished within the framework of the procedures and criteria for classification of substances provided in the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970, or, when appropriate, in accordance with the provisions for new drugs pursuant to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, consistent with the obligations of the United States under the Convention. Requires that whenever the Secretary of State receives notification from the Secretary Gene…
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