Controlled Substances Act

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United States federal statute drug control law

The Controlled Substances Act is a U.S. federal law that regulates the manufacture, distribution, and possession of certain drugs by classifying them into schedules based on their medical use and potential for abuse.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970	5
Controlled Substances Act of 1970	1

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal statute ⓘ drug control law ⓘ
administeredBy	Drug Enforcement Administration ⓘ Food and Drug Administration ⓘ
allows	adding substances to schedules ⓘ removing substances from schedules ⓘ rescheduling of substances ⓘ
amendedBy	Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 ⓘ Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 ⓘ Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005 ⓘ Comprehensive Methamphetamine Control Act of 1996 ⓘ Controlled Substances Penalties Amendments Act of 1984 ⓘ Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2008 ⓘ
appliesTo	interstate commerce in controlled substances ⓘ
citationStyle	Controlled Substances Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Controlled Substances Act of 1970
codifiedIn	United States Code ⓘ
codifiedSections	21 U.S.C. §801–971 ⓘ
consults	United States Secretary of Health and Human Services ⓘ surface form: Secretary of Health and Human Services
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
createsConcept	controlled substance ⓘ drug scheduling system ⓘ
criterionForScheduling	accepted medical use in treatment in the United States ⓘ likelihood of causing dependence ⓘ potential for abuse ⓘ
dateSigned	1970-10-27 ⓘ
defines	five schedules of controlled substances ⓘ
delegatedTo	Drug Enforcement Administration ⓘ
effectiveDate	1971-05-01 ⓘ
enactedBy	91st United States Congress ⓘ
establishes	registration requirements for dispensers ⓘ registration requirements for distributors ⓘ registration requirements for exporters ⓘ registration requirements for importers ⓘ registration requirements for manufacturers ⓘ
grantsAuthorityTo	United States Attorney General ⓘ surface form: Attorney General of the United States
hasControversy	classification of cannabis as Schedule I ⓘ mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses ⓘ
includes	21 U.S.C. §812 (schedules of controlled substances) ⓘ 21 U.S.C. §841 (prohibited acts A) ⓘ 21 U.S.C. §844 (simple possession) ⓘ 21 U.S.C. §846 (attempt and conspiracy) ⓘ 21 U.S.C. §871 (enforcement authority) ⓘ
influencedBy	Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs ⓘ international drug control treaties ⓘ
legalBasis	Commerce Clause ⓘ surface form: Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution
partOf	Controlled Substances Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970
provides	civil penalties for regulatory violations ⓘ criminal penalties for unlawful distribution of controlled substances ⓘ criminal penalties for unlawful possession of controlled substances ⓘ
purpose	combat drug abuse and drug trafficking ⓘ regulate manufacture, distribution, and dispensing of controlled substances ⓘ
relatedTo	federal preemption of state drug laws in certain areas ⓘ
requires	recordkeeping for controlled substances ⓘ security controls for controlled substances ⓘ
schedule	Schedule I ⓘ Schedule II ⓘ Schedule III ⓘ Schedule IV ⓘ Schedule V ⓘ
scheduleCount	5 ⓘ
shortName	CSA ⓘ
signedBy	Richard Nixon ⓘ
titleNumber	21 ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 → amended → Controlled Substances Act ⓘ

Public Law 100-690 → amended → Controlled Substances Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970

Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 → amends → Controlled Substances Act ⓘ

Controlled Substances Penalties Amendments Act of 1984 → amends → Controlled Substances Act ⓘ

Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2008 → amends → Controlled Substances Act ⓘ

War on Drugs → associatedWithLaw → Controlled Substances Act ⓘ

Controlled Substances Penalties Amendments Act of 1984 → basedOn → Controlled Substances Act ⓘ

Controlled Substances Act → citationStyle → Controlled Substances Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Controlled Substances Act of 1970

Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs → legalBasis → Controlled Substances Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970

DEA Office of Diversion Control → legalBasis → Controlled Substances Act ⓘ

Drug Enforcement Administration → legalBasis → Controlled Substances Act ⓘ

Prescription Drug Take Back Program → legalBasis → Controlled Substances Act ⓘ

Controlled Substances Act → partOf → Controlled Substances Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970

CSA → partOf → Controlled Substances Act ⓘ

subject surface form: Controlled Substances Act

this entity surface form: Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970

91st United States Congress → passed → Controlled Substances Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970

CSA → refersTo → Controlled Substances Act ⓘ

Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 → relatedTo → Controlled Substances Act ⓘ

Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005 → relatedTo → Controlled Substances Act ⓘ

Comprehensive Methamphetamine Control Act of 1996 → relatedTo → Controlled Substances Act ⓘ

Gonzales v. Raich → statuteInterpreted → Controlled Substances Act ⓘ