Federal · Title 42 — Public Health and Welfare

42 U.S.C. § 11851: Definitions

Civil

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This statute provides definitions of terms used in federal law, including references to controlled substances, higher education institutions, government agencies, and related concepts. It is not a criminal offense.

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the term “community based” has the meaning given it in section 11103(1) of title 34 , the term “controlled substance” has the meaning given it in section 802(6) of title 21 , the term “controlled substance analogue” has the meaning given it in section 802(32) of title 21 , a beverage containing alcohol, a controlled substance, or a controlled substance analogue, the term “Director” means the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service, the term “illicit” means unlawful or injurious, the term “institution of higher education” has the meaning given it in section 1001 of title 20 , the term “public agency” has the meaning given it in section 11103(11) of title 34 , the Secretary of Education for purposes of subtitle A (other than section 3201), the Secretary of Agriculture for purposes of the amendments made by section 3201, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services for purposes of subtitle B, the term “State” has the meaning given it in section 11103(7) of title 34 , the term “treatment” has the meaning given it in section 11103(15) of title 34 , and the term “unit of general local government” has the meaning given it in section 11103(8) 1 of title 34.

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