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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 373-JULY 1, 1944 Collection and dis- seminationofinforma- tion. Research facilities. Research fellow- shipe. Grants in aid to in- stitutionsand individ- uals. Assistance of ex- perts. Admission of cses for study. Adoption of addi- tional means for re- search and investiga- tions. Studies and investi- gations. Reports. 35 Stat. 614 . 21 U. . C.. 171- PAt, p. 721. Cooperation with States. public authorities, scientific institutions, and scientists in the conduct of, and promote the coordination of, research, investigations, experi- ments, demonstrations, and studies relating to the causes, diagnosis, treatment, control, and prevention of physical and mental diseases and impairments of man, including water purification, sewage treat- ment, and pollution of lakes and streams. In carrying out the fore- going the Surgeon General is authorized to- (a) Collect and make available through publications and other appropriate means, information as to, and the practical applica- tion of, such research and other activities; (b) Make available research facilities of the Service to appro- priate public authorities, and to health officials and scientists engaged in special study; (c) Establish and maintain research fellowships in the Service with such stipends and allowances, including traveling and sub- sistence expenses, as he may deem necessary to procure the assist- ance of the most brilliant and promising research fellows from the United States and abroad; (d) Make grants in aid to universities, hospitals, laboratories, and other public or private institutions, and to individuals for such research projects as are recommended by the National Advisory Health Council, or, with respect to cancer, recom- mended by the National Advisory Cancer Council; (e) Secure from time to time and for such periods as he deems advisable, the assistance and advice of experts, scholars, and con- sultants from the United States or abroad; (f) For purposes of study, admit and treat at institutions, hospitals, and stations of. the Service, persons not otherwise eligible for such treatment; and (g) Adopt, upon recommendation of the National Advisory Health Council, or, with respect to cancer, upon recommendation of the National Advisory Cancer Council, such additional means as he deems necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this section. NARCOTICS SEO. 302. (a) In carrying out the purposes of section 301 with respect to narcotics, the studies and investigations shall include the use and misuse of narcotic drugs, the quantities of crude opium, coca leaves, and their salts, derivatives, and preparations, together with reserves thereof, necessary to supply the normal and emergency medicinal and scientific requirements of the. United States. The results of studies and investigations of the quantities of crude opium, coca leaves, or other narcotic drugs, together with such reserves thereof, as are necessary to supply the normal and emergency medici- nal and scientific requirements of the United States, shall be reported not later than the 1st day of September each year to the Secretary of the Treasury, to be used at his discretion in determining the amounts of crude opium and coca leaves to be imported under the Narcotic Drugs Import and Export Act, as amended. (b) The Surgeon General shall cooperate with States for the purpose of aiding them to solve their narcotic drug problems and shal give authorized representatives of the States the benefit of his experience in the care, treatment, and rehabilitation of narcotic addicts to the end that each State may be encouraged to provide adequate facilities and methods for the care and treatment of its narcotic addicts. [58 STAT.