Comprehensive Methamphetamine Control Act of 1996
US law
The Comprehensive Methamphetamine Control Act of 1996 is a bill (S. 1965) enacted into law (Pub. L. 104–237 (text) (PDF)) by the 104th Congress of the United States. It mandated registration of persons trading in list I chemicals from the DEA list of chemicals. A fee for such registration was initially $595 but later reduced to $116. It is regarded as one of the major drug laws in the United States.
Provisions of the Act
The Comprehensive Methamphetamine Control Act was composed as five titles sanctioning legislative authority for the control, exportation, importation, and manufacturing of methamphetamine substances and precursor chemicals.
Congressional assessment with regards to methamphetamine substances and precursor chemicals -
The 104th U.S. Congress finds the following :
(1) Methamphetamine is a very dangerous and harmful drug. It is highly addictive and is associated with permanent brain damage in long-term users.
(2) The abuse of methamphetamine has increased dramatically since 1990. This increased use has led to devastating effects on individuals and the community, including —
(A) dramatic increase in deaths associated with methamphetamine ingestion
(B) increase in the number of violent crimes associated with methamphetamine ingestion
(C) increase in criminal activity associated with the illegal importation of methamphetamine and precursor compounds to support the growing appetite for this drug in the United States
(3) Illegal methamphetamine manufacture and abuse presents an imminent public health threat that warrants aggressive law enforcement action, increased research on methamphetamine and other substance abuse, increased coordinated efforts to prevent methamphetamine abuse, and increased monitoring of the public health threat methamphetamine presents to the communities of the United States.
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Contemporary correspondence, administrative files and participant testimony can test how later narratives organized the event or institution. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 5, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q5156980. VIAF identifies the subject as 186507909. The Library of Congress control number is no96067294. None of the 2 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1996, 1965 and 1990.
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