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Code · U.S. Code · Title 10 - ARMED FORCES · CHAPTER 47— UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE · SUBCHAPTER X— PUNITIVE ARTICLES · § 912a

§ 912a. Art. 112a. Wrongful use, possession, etc., of controlled substances

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(a)Any person subject to this chapter who wrongfully uses, possesses, manufactures, distributes, imports into the customs territory of the United States, exports from the United States, or introduces into an installation, vessel, vehicle, or aircraft used by or under the control of the armed forces a substance described in subsection
(b)shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
(b)The substances referred to in subsection
(a)are the following:
(1)Opium, heroin, cocaine, amphetamine, lysergic acid diethylamide, methamphetamine, phencyclidine, barbituric acid, and marijuana and any compound or derivative of any such substance.
(2)Any substance not specified in clause
(1)that is listed on a schedule of controlled substances prescribed by the President for the purposes of this article.
(3)Any other substance not specified in clause
(1)or contained on a list prescribed by the President under clause
(2)that is listed in schedules I through V of section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812).
(Added Pub. L. 98–209, § 8(a), Dec. 6, 1983, 97 Stat. 1403.)
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  • Pub. L. 98–209, § 8(a)
  • 97 Stat. 1403
  • Pub. L. 98–209
  • Pub. L. 100–180, div. A, title XII, § 1248
  • 101 Stat. 1166
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Art. 112a. Wrongful use, possession, etc., of controlled substances
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 98–209, § 8(a)
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