District of Columbia § 24-702 Definitions.

District of Columbia Statutes

§ 24-702 — Definitions.

District of Columbia § 24-702

Title 24Prisoners and Their Treatment.

Ch. 7Rehabilitation of Users of Narcotics.

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Bluebook

D.C. Code § 24-702 (2026).

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For the purpose of §§ 24-701 to 24-711 :

(1)The term “drug user” means any person, including a person under 18 years of age, notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter 23 of Title 16 , who uses any habit-forming narcotic drugs so as to endanger the public morals, health, safety, or welfare, or who is so far addicted to the use of such habit-forming narcotic drugs as to have lost the power of self-control with reference to his addiction.

(2)The term “narcotic drugs” shall have the same meaning as that given to such term by § 4731 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.

(3)The term “patient” means any person ordered to appear before the Mayor, pursuant to the provisions of § 24-703 .

(4)The term “Mayor” means the Mayor of the District of Columbia, sitting as a Board, or his designated a

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For the purpose of §§ 24-701 to 24-711 :

(1) The term “drug user” means any person, including a person under 18 years of age, notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter 23 of Title 16 , who uses any habit-forming narcotic drugs so as to endanger the public morals, health, safety, or welfare, or who is so far addicted to the use of such habit-forming narcotic drugs as to have lost the power of self-control with reference to his addiction.

(2) The term “narcotic drugs” shall have the same meaning as that given to such term by § 4731 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.

(3) The term “patient” means any person ordered to appear before the Mayor, pursuant to the provisions of § 24-703 .

(4) The term “Mayor” means the Mayor of the District of Columbia, sitting as a Board, or his designated agent or agents.

Legislative History

June 24, 1953, 67 Stat. 77, ch. 149, § 3; July 24, 1956, 70 Stat. 609, ch. 676, title I, § 101; July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 590, Pub. L. 91-358, title I,§ 170