The purpose of §§ 24-701 to 24-711 is to protect the health and safety of the people of the District of Columbia from the menace of drug addiction and to afford an opportunity to the drug user for rehabilitation. The Congress intends that federal criminal laws shall be enforced against drug users as well as other persons, and §§ 24-701 to 24-711 shall not be used to substitute treatment for punishment in cases of crime committed by drug users.
(June 24, 1953, 67 Stat. 77, ch. 149, § 2; July 24, 1956, 70 Stat. 609, ch. 676, title I, § 101.)
1981 Ed., § 24-601.
1973 Ed., § 24-601.
This section is referenced in § 11-921, § 24-702, § 24-704, § 24-707, § 24-709, § 24-710, § 24-711, and § 24-714.
Structure District of Columbia Code
Title 24 - Prisoners and Their Treatment
Chapter 7 - Rehabilitation of Users of Narcotics
§ 24–703. Order of examination
§ 24–705. Examinations by physicians
§ 24–706. When hearing is required
§ 24–708. Confinement of patient
§ 24–710. Periodic examination of released patients
§ 24–711. Patient not deemed a criminal
§ 24–713. Care and treatment of drug users; authority of Surgeon General
§ 24–714. Admittance into Public Health Service hospitals; narcotics users from District