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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 801. Congressional findings and declarations: controlled substances
The Congress makes the following findings and declarations:
(1) Many of the drugs included within this subchapter have a
useful and legitimate medical purpose and are necessary to maintain
the health and general welfare of the American people.
(2) The illegal importation, manufacture, distribution, and
possession and improper use of controlled substances have a
substantial and detrimental effect on the health and general
welfare of the American people.
(3) A major portion of the traffic in controlled substances flows
through interstate and foreign commerce. Incidents of the traffic
which are not an integral part of the interstate or foreign flow,
such as manufacture, local distribution, and possession,
nonetheless have a substantial and direct effect upon interstate
commerce because -
(A) after manufacture, many controlled substances are
transported in interstate commerce,
(B) controlled substances distributed locally usually have been
transported in interstate commerce immediately before their
distribution, and
(C) controlled substances possessed commonly flow through
interstate commerce immediately prior to such possession.
(4) Local distribution and possession of controlled substances
contribute to swelling the interstate traffic in such substances.
(5) Controlled substances manufactured and distributed intrastate
cannot be differentiated from controlled substances manufactured
and distributed interstate. Thus, it is not feasible to
distinguish, in terms of controls, between controlled substances
manufactured and distributed interstate and controlled substances
manufactured and distributed intrastate.
(6) Federal control of the intrastate incidents of the traffic in
controlled substances is essential to the effective control of the
interstate incidents of such traffic.
(7) The United States is a party to the Single Convention on
Narcotic Drugs, 1961, and other international conventions designed
to establish effective control over international and domestic
traffic in controlled substances.
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