District of Columbia Statutes
§ 24-702 — Definitions.
District of Columbia·Title 24 Prisoners and Their Treatment.·Ch. 7 Rehabilitation of Users of Narcotics.
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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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
Nearby Sections
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§ 24-1001
Interstate Corrections Compact.§ 24-1002
Additional duties of Mayor.§ 24-101
Bureau of Prisons.§ 24-101.01
Corrections Information Council.§ 24-102
Corrections Trustee.§ 24-104
[Reserved].§ 24-1101
Congressional findings and purposes.§ 24-1103
Appointment of Compact Administrator; administration of Compact and supplementary agreements.§ 24-1104
Enforcement of Compact.§ 24-1105
Construction of Compact.