Controlled Drugs and Substances Act

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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, the United States Controlled Substances Act (CSA), and substances controlled by the European Union.

A, B… Z	Consolidated Index of Controlled Substances
	Controlled Drugs and Substances Act Schedules•Legislative history•Definitions and Interpretations The purported regulatory status of almost 3400 substances (at least as far as Health Canada is concerned). New—3,145 pages of star chamber status proceedings. The legislative history how includes previously unavailable evidence presented to the Commons Committee on Bill C-7 and Bill C-85, legislation that would eventually become the CDSA—for anyone curious how Health Canada tried (twice) to rationalize granting themselves expansive discretionary powers all the while shrugging it off it a mere ”housekeeping measure.” Sir Humphrey Appleby would have been proud. Includes the 20 Sep 2012 addition by SOR/2012-176 of Methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV) to Schedule I. New—All about MDPV: From insignificant threat to Serious Drug, ATIs document Health Minister’s crusade to rescue bath salts from well-deserved obscurity. Includes the 30 Mar 2012 addition by SOR/2012-66 of Benzylpiperazine (BZP) and Trifluoromethylphenylpiperazine (TFMPP) to Schedule III. Includes the sweeping and roundly condemned omnibus crime bill, Bill C-10 the Safe Streets and Communities Act. The amendments made by C-10 to the CDSA came into force 6 Nov 2012. 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)
	Controlled Substances Act Schedules•Legislative history•Definitions and Interpretations Includes the 16 May 2013 final rule 78 FR 28735: Placement of three synthetic cannabinoids into Schedule I. Includes the 9 May 2013 final rule 78 FR 26701: Placement of Lorcaserin into Schedule IV. Includes the 12 Apr 2013 final rule 78 FR 21818: Placement of Methylone into Schedule I. Includes the 25 Mar 2013 proposed rule 78 FR 17895: Placement of Alfaxalone into Schedule IV. Includes the 4 Jan 2013 rule 78 FR 664: Establishment of Drug Codes for 26 Substances. 78 FR 664 codifies the bulk of the amendments enacted by Bill S. 3187, the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act/Synthetic Drug Abuse Prevention Act of 2012 and in force from 9 July 2012.
	Misuse of Drugs Act Schedules•Legislative history•Definitions and Interpretations Includes S.I. 2013/239, in force 26 Feb 2013, which adds infinitely more synthetic cannabinoids to the previously scheduled infinity. Similarly, an infinite number of aryl cyclohexanamines (e.g. Ketamine, Methoxetamine and friends) are now scheduled, as is, uniquely, O-Desmethyltramadol. Includes S.I. 2012/1390, which on 13 June 2012 scheduled a countable infinity of Pipradrol analogues, and Phenazepam.
	Drugs and Substances under International Control Schedules
	Substances Controlled by the European Union SchedulesUpdated! Includes 2013/129/EU: Council Decision of 7 March 2013 on subjecting 4-methylamphetamine to control measures.

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