A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide penalties for persons who obtain or attempt to obtain narcotics or other controlled substances from a retail pharmacy by force and violence.

Makes the stealing or breaking into any pharmacy with the intent to steal a controlled substance a Federal offense punishable by a $5,000 fine and/or imprisonment for not more than 20 years. States that persons who attempt to rob narcotics from a pharmacy by armed robbery shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than 2 years or more than 25 years and/or may be fined up to $10,000. Provides that killing a person in the attempt to rob a pharmacy of narcotics may result in life imprisonment.