Title 21, Food and DrugsRelease 119-102
§1713 Authorization of Use of Environmentally-approved Herbicides to Eliminate Illicit Narcotics Crops
Title 21 › CHAPTER 22 — NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY › § 1713
Summary
Top U.S. officials may help create and use herbicides approved as safe for the environment to destroy illegal coca, cannabis, and opium poppy crops at home and abroad.
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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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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 21, Food and Drugs
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102