Commonwealth v. Woods, R.

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• ruling that inconclusive legislative history was insufficient to overcome unambiguous statutory text
• applying the 6394 GARCIA-JIMENEZ v. GONZALES Act’s plain language; “[t]he provision is not ambiguous, nor does its plain language lead to absurd results or internal statu- tory inconsistencies.”
• “The ordinary meaning of the phrase ‘any law ... relating to a controlled substance’ encompasses laws proscribing use or being under the influence of a controlled substance.”

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