Title 21Food and DrugsRelease 119-73

§1713 Authorization of use of environmentally-approved herbicides to eliminate illicit narcotics crops

Title 21 › Chapter CHAPTER 22— - NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY › § 1713

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Allows six officials to support environmentally approved herbicides to destroy illegal coca, cannabis, and opium poppy in the U.S. and abroad.

Full Legal Text

Title 21, §1713

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The Secretary of State, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Defense, the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency are authorized to support the development and use of environmentally-approved herbicides to eliminate illicit narcotics crops, including coca, cannabis, and opium poppy, both in the United States and in foreign countries.

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the Western Hemisphere Drug Elimination Act, and not as part of the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 which comprises this chapter.

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21 U.S.C. § 1713

Title 21Food and Drugs

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73