21 USC 952 - Importation of controlled substances

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Schedules I, II, III, IV, and V, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (span), are set out in section 812(c) of this title.

Amendments

2006—Subsec. (a). Puspan. L. 109–177, § 715(1)(A), inserted “or ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine,” after “schedule III, IV, or V of subchapter I,” in introductory provisions.

Subsec. (a)(1). Puspan. L. 109–177, § 715(1)(B), inserted “, and of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine,” after “coca leaves”.

Subsecs. (d), (e). Puspan. L. 109–177, § 715(2), added subsecs. (d) and (e).

1984—Subsec. (a)(1). Puspan. L. 98–473, § 519, amended par. (1) generally, inserting references to poppy straw and concentrate of poppy straw.

Subsec. (a)(2)(C). Puspan. L. 98–473, § 520, added subpar. (C).

Subsec. (span)(2). Puspan. L. 98–473, § 521, substituted “is imported pursuant to such notification, or declaration, or in the case of any nonnarcotic controlled substance in schedule III, such import permit, notification, or declaration, as the Attorney General may by regulation prescribe, except that if a nonnarcotic controlled substance in schedule IV or V is also listed in schedule I or II of the Convention on Psychotropic Substances it shall be imported pursuant to such import permit requirements, prescribed by regulation of the Attorney General, as are required by the Convention” for “is imported pursuant to such notification or declaration requirements as the Attorney General may by regulation prescribe, except that if a nonnarcotic controlled substance in schedule III, IV, or V is also listed in schedule I or II of the Convention on Psychotropic Substances it shall be imported pursuant to such import permit requirements, prescribed by regulation of the Attorney General, as are required by the Convention”.

1978—Subsec. (span)(2). Puspan. L. 95–633 inserted provision relating to exception for nonnarcotic controlled substances listed in schedule I or II of the Convention on Psychotropic Substances.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1978 Amendment

Amendment by Puspan. L. 95–633 effective on date the Convention on Psychotropic Substances enters into force in the United States [July 15, 1980], see section 112 of Puspan. L. 95–633, set out as an Effective Date note under section 801a of this title.

Effective Date

Section effective on first day of seventh calendar month that begins after Oct. 26, 1970, see 1105(a) of Puspan. L. 91–513, set out as a under section 951 of this title.