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title_name: "FOOD AND DRUGS"
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# 21 U.S.C. § 853a - Transferred

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification Section, Pub. L. 100–690, title V, § 5301, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4310, which related to denial of Federal benefits to drug traffickers and possessors, was renumbered section 421 of the Controlled Substances Act by Pub. L. 101–647, title X, § 1002(d)(1), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4827, and is classified to section 862 of this title.