---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 U.S.C. § 845...845b"
title: "21"
title_heading: "Food and Drugs"
number: "845...845b"
heading: "Transferred"
status: "transferred"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/21/845...845b"
units:
  - "Chapter 13 — Drug Abuse Prevention and Control"
  - "Subchapter I — Control and Enforcement"
  - "Part D — Offenses and Penalties"
---

# [§845...845b. Transferred — transferred]



## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section 845, Pub. L. 91–513, title II, § 405, Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1265, as amended, which related to distribution of controlled substances to persons under age twenty-one, was renumbered § 418 of Pub. L. 91–513 by Pub. L. 101–647, title X, § 1002(a)(1), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4827, and transferred to section 859 of this title.

Section 845a, Pub. L. 91–513, title II, § 405A, as added Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 503(a), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2069, and amended, which related to distribution or manufacturing of controlled substances in or near schools and colleges, was renumbered § 419 of Pub. L. 91–513 by Pub. L. 101–647, title X, § 1002(b), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4827, and transferred to section 860 of this title.

Section 845b, Pub. L. 91–513, title II, § 405B, as added Pub. L. 99–570, title I, § 1102, Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3207–10, and amended, which related to employment or use of persons under 18 years of age in drug operations, was renumbered § 420 of Pub. L. 91–513 by Pub. L. 101–647, title X, § 1002(c), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4827, and transferred to section 861 of this title.