Possession for Household or Animal Use

It is recommended that the exception to the Federal possession offense for possession for use of household members and for administration to household animals should be retained for controlled drugs which are used in the ordinary practice of medicine. While it is undesirable for a person to give a tranquilizer or barbiturate prescribed for him to another member of his household, the practice is so common that it is not believed the criminal laws should reach it. 

Even though it is believed that neither simple possession nor use should be prohibited at this time, it must be recognized that if the problem cannot be controlled through trafficking offenses and if adverse affects are found on a large scale, additional legislation may be in order in the future. Such legislation could take the form of a civil violation with a sanction other than interference with personal liberty. 

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