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PUBLIC LAW 86-429-APR. 22, 1960

(h) The term "net disposal" means the quantity of a basic class of narcotic drug, sold, exchanged, given away, used in the production of another basic class of narcotic drug for which the manufacturer is licensed, or otherwise disposed of (as such or contained in or combined with other drugs compounded by the manufacturer of such basic class) by the manufacturer during a stated period, less the quantity of any such basic class of narcotic drug returned to the manufacturer by a customer and any quantity sold or transferred to another licensed manufacturer of the same basic class of narcotic drug. (i) The term "narcotic precursor" means a substance other than a narcotic drug which the Secretary or his delegate has found, after due notice and opportunity for public hearing— (1) is an immediate chemical precursor of a narcotic drug; (2) is produced primarily for use in the manufacture of a narcotic drug; and (3) is used, or is likely to be used, in the manufacture of a narcotic drug by persons other than persons licensed to manufacture such narcotic drug. AMENDMENTS TO INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OP 1954

SEC. 4. (a) Subsection (a) of section 4731 of the Internal Revenue 26^icf*47¥i!' Code of 1954 is amended to read as follows: "(a) NARCOTIC DRUGS.—The words 'narcotic drugs' as used in this part shall mean any of the following, whether produced directly or indirectly by extraction from substances of vegetable origin, or independently by means of chemical synthesis, or by a combination of extraction and chemical synthesis: " (1) Opium, isonipecaine, coca leaves, and opiate; "(2) Any compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, or preparation of opium, isonipecaine, coca leaves, or opiate; "(3) Any substance (and any compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, or preparation thereof) which is chemically identical with any of the substances referred to in clauses (1) and (2); except that the words 'narcotic drugs' as used in this part shall not include decocainized coca leaves or extracts of coca leaves, which extracts do not contain cocaine or ecgonine." (b) Subsection (g) of section 4731 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 is amended to read as follows: "(g) OPIATE.—

"(1) IN GENERAL.—The word 'opiate' as used in this part shall mean any drug (as defined in the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (52 Stat. 1041, sec. 201(g); 21 U.S.C. 321)) or other substance found by the Secretary or his delegate and proclaimed by the Secretary or his delegate (after considering the technical advice of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, or his delegate, on the subject) to have been so found in the Federal Register, after due notice and opportunity for public hearing, to have an addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining liability similar to morphine or cocaine or to be capable of conversion into a drug having such addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining liability, where, in the judgment of the Secretary or his delegate, the relative technical simplicity and degree of yield of such conversion create a risk or improper use of the drug or other substance. " (2) TERMINATION.—The Secretary or his delegate is authorized to withdraw any previous finding that a drug or other substance is an 'opiate' whenever (after consideringthe technical advice of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, or his

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