SALE OF HEROIN TO JUVENILES—PENALTIES.

SEC. 107. SALE OF HEROIN TO JUVENILES—PENALTIES. Section 2 of the Narcotic Drugs Import and Export Act, as amended, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following: “(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whoever, having attained the age of eighteen years, knowingly sells, gives away, furnishes, or dispenses, facilitates the sale, giving, furnishing, or dispensing, or conspires to sell, give away, furnish, or dispense, any heroin unlawfully imported or otherwise brought into the United States, to any person who has not attained the age of eighteen years, may be fined not more than $20,000, and shall be imprisoned for life, or for not less than ten years, except that the offender shall suffer death if the jury in its discretion shall so direct. “Whenever on trial for a violation of this subsection the defendant is shown to have had heroin in his possession, such possession shall be sufficient proof that the heroin was unlawfully imported or otherwise brought into the United States unless the defendant explains his possession to the satisfaction of the jury. “For the purposes of this subsection, the term ‘heroin’ means any substance identified chemically as diacetylmorphine or any salt thereof. For provision relating to sentencing, probation, etc., see section 7237 (d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.”