---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 U.S.C. § 852"
title: "21"
title_heading: "Food and Drugs"
number: "852"
heading: "Application of treaties and other international agreements"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/21/852"
units:
  - "Chapter 13 — Drug Abuse Prevention and Control"
  - "Subchapter I — Control and Enforcement"
  - "Part D — Offenses and Penalties"
---

# §852. Application of treaties and other international agreements


Nothing in the [Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs](/usc/21/802.md?p=31), the [Convention on Psychotropic Substances](/usc/21/802.md?p=31), or other treaties or international agreements shall be construed to limit the provision of treatment, education, or rehabilitation as alternatives to conviction or criminal penalty for offenses involving any [drug](/usc/21/321.md?p=g-1) or other substance subject to [control](/usc/21/802.md?p=5) under any such treaty or agreement.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 91–513, title II, § 412, as added Pub. L. 95–633, title I, § 107(a), Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3773.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective on date the Convention on Psychotropic Substances enters into force in the United States [July 15, 1980], see section 112 of Pub. L. 95–633, set out as a note under section 801a of this title.