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PUBLIC LAW 86-429-APR. 22, 1960

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same kind of abuse and productive of the same kind of harmful effects as the drugs specified in article 1, paragraph 2, of the 1931 convention, such drug shall have been found by the Secretary or his delegate to be an "opiate", as defined in section 4731(g) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended by section 4(b) of this Act, and so proclaimed in accordance with the procedure prescribed by section 4731 (g) as amended by section 4(b) of this Act. (b) With respect to any drug which is or may be used for medical or scientific purposes and to which the 1931 convention does not apply, and which is liable to the same kind of abuse and productive of the same kind of harmful effects as the drugs specified in article 1, paragraph 2 of the 1931 convention, upon receipt by the United States of a finding or decision made pursuant to article 1 or article 2 of the 1948 protocol that any such drug is capable of producing addiction or of conversion into a drug capable of producing addiction and that the appropriate provisions of the 1931 convention shall apply to such drug, such finding or decision shall be transmitted to the Secretary or ^p^iication in \I{Q delegate. The Secretary or his delegate shall cause such finding or decision to be published in the Federal Register unless such drug has already been determined to be an opiate under the procedure prescribed by section 4731(g) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended by section 4 of this Act. From the time of such publication, such drug shall be an opiate to the same extent as if the procedure prescribed by section 4731(g) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended by section 4 of this Act, had been followed with respect to such drug. (c) If the finding or decision so received and published in the Federal Register relates to a drug which has not previously been determined to be an opiate under the procedure prescribed by section 4731(g) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended by section 4 of this Act, any person in the United States interested in the domestic manufacture and distribution of such drug for medical and scientific purposes may submit to the Secretary or his delegate written data, views, and argument opposed to such finding or decision. Such written data, views, and argument shall be transmitted to the Secretary General of the United Nations for consideration by the World Health Organization or the Commission on Narcotic Drugs of the 2 usT 1634. United Nations, as the case may be, under article 3 of the 1948 protocol. If thereafter the United States receives a revised finding or decision, under article 3 of the 1948 protocol, that such a drug is not capable of producing addiction or conversion into a drug capable of producing addiction and that the provisions of the 1931 convention shall not apply to such drug, such revised finding or decision shall be transmitted to the Secretary or his delegate, who shall cause such revised finding or decision to be published in the Federal Register within ninety days of receipt thereof by the Secretary or his delegate. From the time of such publication, such drug shall cease to be an opiate, unless the Secretary or his delegate has theretofore initiated an opiate procedure under section 4731(g) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended by section 4 of this Act. 2 UST 1634. ((J) Upon receipt by the United States of a revised finding or decision under article 3 of the 1948 protocol (except a revised finding or decision to which subsection (c) applies) that a drug (theretofore subject to the Federal narcotic laws as an opiate) is not capable of producing addiction or conversion into a drug capable of producing addiction and that the provisions of the 1931 convention shall not apply to such drug, the revised finding or decision shall be transmitted to the Secretary or his delegate. The Secretary or his delegate may, in his discretion, publish the revised finding or decision in the Federal

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