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[84 STAT. 1244]
PUBLIC LAW 91-000—MMMM. DD, 1970
[84 STAT. 1244]

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PUBLIC LAW 91-513-OCT. 27, 1970

[84 STAT.

(12) The term "drug" has the meaning given that term by section 201 (g)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. (13) The term "felony" means any Federal or State offense classified by applicable Federal or State law as a felony. (14) The term "manufacture" means the production, preparation, propagation, compounding, or processing of a drug or other substance, either directly or indirectly or by extraction from substances of natural origin, or independently by means of chemical synthesis or by a combination of extraction and chemical synthesis, and includes any packaging or repackaging of such substance or labeling or relabeling of its container; except that such term does not include the preparation, compounding, packaging, or labeling of a drug or other substance in conformity with applicable State or local law by a practitioner as an incident to his administration or dispensing of such drug or substance in the course of his professional practice. The term "manufacturer" means a person who manufactures a drug or other substance. (15) The term "marihuana" means all parts of the plant Cannabis sativa L., whether growing or not; the seeds thereof; the resin extracted from any part of such plant; and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of such plant, its seeds or resin. Such term does not include the mature stalks of such plant, fiber produced from such stalks, oil or cake made from the seeds of such plant, any other compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of such mature stalks (except the resin extracted therefrom), fiber, oil, or cake, or the sterilized seed of such plant which is incapable of germination. (16) The term "narcotic drug" means any of the following, whether produced directly or indirectly by extraction from substances of vegetable origin, or independently by means of chemical synthesis, or by a combination of extraction and chemical synthesis: (A) Opium, coca leaves, and opiates. (B) A compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, or preparation of opium, coca leaves, or opiates. (C) A substance (and any compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, or preparation thereof) which is chemically identical with any of the suostances referred to in clause (A) or (B). Such term does not include decocainized coca leaves or extracts of coca leaves, which extracts do not contain cocaine or ecgonine. (17) The term "opiate" means any drug or other substance having an addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining liability similar to morphine or being capable of conversion into a drug having such addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining liability. (18) The term "opium poppy" means the plant of the species Papaver somniferum X., except the seed thereof. (19) The term "poppy straw" means all parts, except the seeds, of the opium poppy, after mowing. (20) The term "practitioner" means a physician, dentist, veterinarian, scientific investigator, pharmacy, hospital, or other person licensed, registered, or otherwise permitted, by the United States or the jurisdiction in which he practices or does research, to distribute, dispense, conduct research with respect to, administer, or use in teaching or chemical analysis, a controlled substance in the course of professional practice or research. (21) The term "production" includes the manufacture, planting, cultivation, growing, or harvesting of a controlled substance.