---
kind: "unit"
title: "21"
title_heading: "Food and Drugs"
key: "ch13/schI/ptD"
level: "part"
label: "Part D"
heading: "Offenses and Penalties"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/21/ch13-schI-ptD"
sections_count: 31
---

# Part D — Offenses and Penalties

Title 21 — Food and Drugs › Chapter 13 — Drug Abuse Prevention and Control › Subchapter I — Control and Enforcement

## Sections

- [§841. Prohibited acts A](/usc/21/841.md)
- [§842. Prohibited acts B](/usc/21/842.md)
- [§843. Prohibited acts C](/usc/21/843.md)
- [§844. Penalties for simple possession](/usc/21/844.md)
- [§844a. Civil penalty for possession of small amounts of certain controlled substances](/usc/21/844a.md)
- [§845...845b. Transferred](/usc/21/845...845b.md)
- [§846. Attempt and conspiracy](/usc/21/846.md)
- [§847. Additional penalties](/usc/21/847.md)
- [§848. Continuing criminal enterprise](/usc/21/848.md)
- [§849. Transportation safety offenses](/usc/21/849.md)
- [§850. Information for sentencing](/usc/21/850.md)
- [§851. Proceedings to establish prior convictions](/usc/21/851.md)
- [§852. Application of treaties and other international agreements](/usc/21/852.md)
- [§853. Criminal forfeitures](/usc/21/853.md)
- [§853a. Transferred](/usc/21/853a.md)
- [§854. Investment of illicit drug profits](/usc/21/854.md)
- [§855. Alternative fine](/usc/21/855.md)
- [§856. Maintaining drug-involved premises](/usc/21/856.md)
- [§857. Repealed.](/usc/21/857.md)
- [§858. Endangering human life while illegally manufacturing controlled substance](/usc/21/858.md)
- [§859. Distribution to persons under age twenty-one](/usc/21/859.md)
- [§860. Distribution or manufacturing in or near schools and colleges](/usc/21/860.md)
- [§860a. Consecutive sentence for manufacturing or distributing, or possessing with intent to manufacture or distribute, methamphetamine on premises where children are present or reside](/usc/21/860a.md)
- [§861. Employment or use of persons under 18 years of age in drug operations](/usc/21/861.md)
- [§862. Denial of Federal benefits to drug traffickers and possessors](/usc/21/862.md)
- [§862a. Denial of assistance and benefits for certain drug-related convictions](/usc/21/862a.md)
- [§862b. Sanctioning for testing positive for controlled substances](/usc/21/862b.md)
- [§863. Drug paraphernalia](/usc/21/863.md)
- [§864. Anhydrous ammonia](/usc/21/864.md)
- [§864a. Grants to reduce production of methamphetamines from anhydrous ammonia](/usc/21/864a.md)
- [§865. Smuggling methamphetamine or methamphetamine precursor chemicals into the United States while using facilitated entry programs](/usc/21/865.md)