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PUBLIC LAW 764-JULY 24, 1956

Public Law 764

600 CHAPTER 676

AN ACT July 24, 1956 To effect the control of narcotics tiud dangerous drugs in the District of Colum- — [ H. R. 11320]— bia, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may cJ^'?S?i'Ayt*fo?thl be cited as the "Dangerous Drug Control Act for the District of District of coiumColumbia". "TITLE I—TEEATMENT OF NARCOTIC USERS SEC. 101. The Act entitled "An Act to provide for the treatment of users of narcotics in the District of Columbia", approved June 24, 1953 (67 Stat. 77), is amended to read as follows:

D. C. Code 24> 601 to 24-612.

uSHORT TITLE

1. This Act may be cited as the 'Hospital Treatment for Drug Addicts Act for the District of Columbia'. "SECTION

"PURPOSE

"SEC. 2. The purpose of this Act is to protect the health and safety of the people of the District of Columbia from the menace of drug addiction and to afford an opportunity to the drug user for rehabilitation. The Congress intends that Federal criminal laws shall be enforced against drug users as well as other persons, and this Act shall not be used to substitute treatment for punishment in cases of crime committed by drug users. "DEFINITIONS

"SEC. 3. For the purpose of this Act— " (a) The term 'drug user' means any person, including a person under eighteen years of age, notwithstanding the provisions of the Juvenile Court Act of the District of Columbia, as amended, who uses any habit-forming narcotic drugs so as to endanger the public morals, health, safety, or welfare, or who is so far addicted to the use of such habit-forming narcotic drugs as to have lost the power of self-control with reference to his addiction. "(b) The term 'narcotic drugs' shall have the same meaning as that given to such term by section 4731 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. "(c) The term 'patient' means any person ordered to appear before the Commissioners, pursuant to the provisions of section 4 of this Act. " (d) The term 'Commissioners' means the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, sitting as a Board, or their designated agent or agents. "ORDER OF EXAMINATION

"SEC. 4. (a) Wlienever the Commissioners have probable cause to believe that any person within the District of Columbia, other than a person referred to in subsection (b) hereof, is a drug user, they forthwith shall order any law enforcement officer of the District of Columbia to bring that person before them, to conduct a preliminary examination, and if they find sufficient evidence of addiction, as hereinbefore defined, they shall cause that person to be placed in an institution to be d e s i ^ a t e d by them for an examination by physicians pursuant to section 5 of this Act. 69225 O - 57 - 4 3 ( V o l. 70)

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