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 PUBLIC LAW 105-277—OCT. 21, 1998 112 STAT. 2681-758 Subtitle B—Rejection of Legalization of Drugs SEC. 211. SENSE OF CONGRESS. (a) FINDINGS. —Congress finds the following: (1) Illegal drug use is harmful and wrong. (2) Illegal drug use can kill the individuals involved or cause the individuals to hurt or kill others, and such use strips the individuals of their moral sense. (3) The greatest threat presented by such use is to the youth of the United States, who are illegally using drugs in increasingly greater numbers. (4) The people of the United States are more concerned about illegal drug use and crimes associated with such use than with any other current social problem. (5) Efforts to legalize or otherwise legitimize drug use present a message to the youth of the United States that drug use is acceptable. (6) Article VI, clause 2 of the Constitution of the United States states that "[t]his Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and judges in every state shall be bound thereby, any thing in the Constitution or laws of any state to the contrary notwithstanding/'. (7) The courts of the United States have repeatedly found that any State law that conflicts with a Federal law or treaty is preempted by such law or treaty. (8) The Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) strictly regulates the use and possession of drugs. (9) The United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotrophic Substances Treaty similarly regulates the use and possession of drugs. (10) Any attempt to authorize under State law an activity prohibited under such Treaty or the Controlled Substances Act would conflict with that Treaty or Act. (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS. —I t is the sense of Congress that— (1) the several States, and the citizens of such States, should reject the legalization of drugs through legislation, ballot proposition, constitutional amendment, or any other means; and (2) each State should make efforts to be a drug-free State. Subtitle C—Report on Streamlinii^ Federal Prevention and Treatment Ef^rts SEC. 221. REPORT ON STREAMLINING FEDER/\L PI^VENTION AND 21 USC 1703 TREATMENT EFFORTS. note. (a) SENSE OF CONGMISS. — It is the sense of Congress that— (1) the efforts of the Federal Government to reduce the demand for illegal drugs in the United States are frustrated by the fragmentation of those efforts ac ross multiple departments and agencies; and (2) improvement of those efforts Ciin best be achieve tiirough consolidation and coordination. (b) REPORT REQUIREMENT.—

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