A bill to provide penalties for persons who obtain or attempt to obtain narcotics or other controlled substances from any pharmacist by terror, force, or violence, and for other purposes.
Pharmacy Protection and Violent Offender Control Act of 1983 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to establish penalties for taking or attempting to take a controlled substance from a pharmacist. Increases the penalties for subsequent offenses, or if any person's life is endangered by use of a dangerous weapon or if any person is assaulted or killed during the commission of such offense.
Directs the Department of Justice to include pharmacy robbery data in its annual Uniform Crime Report.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Referred to Subcommittee on Criminal Law.
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