For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office STANFORD TAL LIBRARY FOREWORD This handbook is designed to provide, in one place, a digest of the Federal narcotic, marihuana, and dangerous drug laws. It is felt that by digesting and compiling the diverse parts of the law in one source, a better understanding of the legislative framework will result. Where individual statutes or parts of statutes overlapped each other, note was made of this fact. In digesting, narcotic drugs, marihuana, and the remaining dangerous drugs were each handled separately, so that the reader can see the major parts of the total area of concern to the Federal Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. I anticipate that this handbook will serve as a ready reference guide for law enforcement officials, both Federal and State. I also hope that the handbook will provide an easy access to Federal drug laws for persons whose daily activities must be guided by those laws-for example, local druggists and physicians. Finally, I trust that the handbook will offer a founding stone for legislators contemplating reform of drug laws for state legislators in shaping state drug laws to complement the Federal system and for Federal legislators in spotting areas requiring improvement. John E. Ingersoll Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs January 1969 iii |