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D. C. C o d e 33411. D. C. C o d e 33412.

O. C. C o d e 33414. D. C. C o d e 33416.

PUBLIC LAW 764-JULY 24, 1966

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(2) by inserting immediately after subsection (b) thereof, the following new subsection: "(c) Prescribing, administering, dispensing, or selling at retail of any medicinal preparation containing not in excess of 25 per centum of paregoric, in combination with some drug or drugs which confer upon it medicinal properties other than those possessed by paregoric."; and (3) by striking out in the third sentence of the last paragraph thereof "without a prescription" and inserting in lieu thereof "without a written prescription". (i) Subsection (e) of section 11 of such Act is amended by striking out the last sentence thereof. (j)(1) The second sentence of subsection (a^ of section 12 of such Act is amended by striking out "a prescription' and inserting in lieu thereof "a written or oral prescription". (2) The first sentence of subsection (b) of section 12 of such Act is amended (A) by striking out "a prescription" and inserting in lieu thereof "a written or oral prescription", and (B) by striking out "affix to" and inserting in lieu thereof "affix to or place in". (k) Section 14(h) of such Act is amended to read as follows: " (h) The judge or commissioner shall insert a direction in the warrant that it may be served at any time in the day or ni^ht." (1) Such Act is further amended by inserting after section 16 the following new section: "SEC. 16A. VAGRANCY—NARCOTIC DRUG USER—PENALTIES—CONDITIONS IMPOSED.

Ante, p. 609.

•Vagrant".

"Narcotic d r u g user".

" (a) The purpose of this section is to protect the public health, welfare, and safety of the people of the District of Columbia by providing safeguards for the people against harmful contact with narcotic drug users who are vagrants within the meaning of this section and to establish, in addition to the Hospital Treatment for Drug Addicts Act for the District of Columbia, further procedures and means for the care and rehabilitation of such narcotic drug users. " (b) For the purpose of this section— " (1) the term 'vagrant' shall mean any person who is a narcotic drug user or who has been convicted of a narcotic offense in the District of Columbia or elsewhere and who— " (A) having no lawful employment or visible means of support realized from a lawful occupation or source, is found mingling with others in public or loitering in any park or other public place and fails to give a good account of himself; or " (B) is found in any place, abode, house, shed, dwelling, building, structure, vehicle, conveyance, or boat, in which any U illicit narcotic drugs are kept, found, used, or dispensed; or " (C) wanders about in public places at late or unusual hours of the night, either alone or in the company of or ^ '' association with a narcotic drug user or convicted narcotic ' law violator, and fails to ^ive a good account of himself; or " (D) is included within one of the classes of persons defined in paragraphs (1) through (9), inclusive, of section 5 of the Act of December 17, 1941 (55 Stat. 808; D. C. Code, sec. 22-3302), as amended; ^ "(2) the term 'narcotic drug user' shall mean any person who takes or otherwise uses narcotic drugs, except a person using such narcotic drug as a result of sickness or accident or injury.

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