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Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
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<p>The <i>Controlled Drugs and Substances Act</i> is <a href="/facts/Canada/cWWFM8oc">Canada</a>'s federal drug control statute. Passed in 1996 under Prime Minister <a href="/facts/Jean_Chr%25C3%25A9tien/ssH6gLYH">Jean Chrétien</a>'s government, it repeals the <i><a href="/facts/Narcotic_Control_Act/rh75gu5v">Narcotic Control Act</a></i> and Parts III and IV of the <i><a href="/facts/Food_and_Drugs_Act/Kbnl8F0d">Food and Drugs Act</a></i>, and establishes eight Schedules of controlled substances and two Classes of precursors. It provides that "The Governor in Council may, by order, amend any of Schedules I to VIII by adding to them or deleting from them any item or portion of an item, where the Governor in Council deems the amendment to be necessary in the public interest." </p><p>The <i>Act</i> serves as the implementing legislation for the <a href="/facts/Single_Convention_on_Narcotic_Drugs/HDX96jtX">Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs</a>, the <a href="/facts/Convention_on_Psychotropic_Substances/GsXhIsRg">Convention on Psychotropic Substances</a>, and the <a href="/facts/United_Nations_Convention_Against_Illicit_Traffic_in_Narcotic_Drugs_and_Psychotropic_Substances/DIes6dB8">United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances</a>. </p>