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Federal Analog Act

Federal Analogue Act
Great Seal of the United States
Other short titles
Long title An Act to strengthen Federal efforts to encourage foreign cooperation in eradicating illicit drug crops and in halting international drug traffic, to improve enforcement of Federal drug laws and enhance interdiction of illicit drug shipments, to provide strong Federal leadership in establishing effective drug abuse prevention and education programs, to expand Federal support for drug abuse treatment and rehabilitation efforts, and for other purposes.
Nicknames Controlled Substance Analogue Enforcement Act of 1986
Enacted by the 99th United States Congress
Effective October 27, 1986
Citations
Public law 99-570
Statutes at Large 100 Stat. 3207 aka 100 Stat. 3207-13
Legislative history

The Federal Analogue Act, 21 U.S.C. § 813, is a section of the United States Controlled Substances Act passed in 1986 which allowed any chemical "substantially similar" to a controlled substance listed in Schedule I or II to be treated as if it were also listed in those schedules, but only if intended for human consumption. These similar substances are often called designer drugs.

21 U.S.C. § 802(32)

United States v. Forbes, 806 F. Supp. 232 (D. Colo. 1992), a Colorado district court case, considered the question of whether the drug alphaethyltryptamine (AET) was a controlled substance analogue in the USA. The controlled drugs to which it was alleged that AET was substantially similar were the tryptamine analogues dimethyltryptamine (DMT) and diethyltryptamine (DET).

Alpha-Ethyltryptamine2.svg AET

Dimethyltryptamine2.svg DMT


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