Comprehensive Methamphetamine Control Act of 1996


The Comprehensive Methamphetamine Control Act of 1996 is a bill enacted into law by the 104th Congress of the United States. It mandated registration of persons trading in list I chemicals from the DEA list of chemicals. A fee for such registration was initially $595 but later reduced to $116. It is regarded as one of the major drug laws in the United States.

Provisions of the Act

The Comprehensive Methamphetamine Control Act was composed as five titles sanctioning legislative authority for the control, exportation, importation, and manufacturing of methamphetamine substances and precursor chemicals.

Title I - Importation of Methamphetamine and Precursor Chemicals

Support for International Efforts to Control Drugs

Title II - Provisions to Control the Manufacture of Methamphetamine

Seizure and Forfeiture of Regulated Chemicals

Study and Report on Measures to Prevent Sales of Agents used in Methamphetamine Production

Increased Penalties for Manufacture and Possession of Equipment Used to Make Controlled Substances

Addition of Iodine and Hydrogen Chloride to List II

Civil Penalties for Firms that Supply Precursor Chemicals

Injunctive Relief

Restitution for Cleanup of Clandestine Laboratory Sites

Title III - Increased Penalties for Trafficking and Manufacture of Methamphetamine and Precursors

Penalty Increases for Trafficking in Methamphetamine

Enhanced Penalties for Offenses Involving Certain Listed Chemicals

Title IV - Legal Manufacture, Distribution, and Sale of Precursor Chemicals

Title V - Education and Research

Interagency Methamphetamine Task Force

Public Health Monitoring

Public-Private Education Program

Suspicious Orders Task Force