Controlled Drugs and Substances Act

This site describes the schedules of the Canadian Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA).

The CDSA is the federal legislation that spells out which chemicals and plants Canadian citizens may not grow, buy, sell, swallow, hold, or otherwise lust after.

If you do grow, buy, sell, swallow, hold, or otherwise lust after any of these chemicals or plants you may be arrested, fined, jailed, or all three.

Also described here are the United Kingdom Misuse of Drugs Act (MDA), the United Nations Drugs and Substances under International Control, and the United States Controlled Substances Act (CSA).

A, B… Z	Consolidated Index of Controlled Substances
	Controlled Drugs and Substances Act Schedules•Legislative history•Definitions and Interpretations Includes the sweeping and roundly condemned omnibus crime bill, Bill C-10 the Safe Streets and Communities Act. The Harper Government, proudly and wilfully dismissive of evidence and experience, forced this bill through the House of Commons on 12 Dec 2011 by limiting debate in both the House and Committee hearings. It is currently speeding through the Senate. This loathsome legislation denigrates Canada and demeans us all. Please speak out against C-10 while there is still a chance to stop it from destroying countless lives and families, at an estimated cost of $19,000,000,000. That’s nineteen billion dollars. Tell the Senate you oppose C-10 by adding your name to “Don’t rubber stamp the Crime Bill” a petition from leadnow.ca. It will only take a minute. Together, we may yet stop this lunacy. Includes the 19 Feb 2011 proposal to add Salvia divinorum and Salvinorin A to Schedule III. Read more about Health Canada’s agenda for S. divinorum… (updated 19 Oct 2011.) New: The regulatory status of almost 2800 substances (at least as far as Health Canada is concerned).
	Controlled Substances Act Schedules•Legislative history•Definitions and Interpretations A link to Bill H.R. 1254, the Synthetic Drug Control Act of 2011, currently before the Senate is included on the Legislative History page. However the changes to the CSA schedules proposed by this bill are not currently included within the schedule listings. Includes the 15 Dec 2011 rule 76 FR 65424: Placement of Ezogabine Into Schedule V. Includes the 12 Dec 2011 rule 76 FR 77330: Placement of Carisoprodol Into Schedule IV (effective 11 Jan 2012). Includes the 23 Nov 2011 proposed rule 76 FR 72355: Classification of Two Steroids, Prostanozol and Methasterone, as Schedule III Anabolic Steroids Includes the 21 Oct 2011 rule 76 FR 65371: Temporary Placement of Three Synthetic Cathinones Into Schedule I (the three cathinones being Mephedrone, Methylone and MDPV).
	Misuse of Drugs Act Schedules•Legislative history•Definitions and Interpretations Includes Home Office notices concerning Phenazepam and Desoxypipradrol, also the recently enacted Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011.
	Drugs and Substances under International Control Schedules

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