Controlled Substances Act
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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.
All labels observed (5)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T108253 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Controlled Substances Act Context triple: [Drug Enforcement Administration, legalBasis, Controlled Substances Act]
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A.
Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988
The Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 is a U.S. federal law that expanded the war on drugs by increasing penalties, funding enforcement and treatment programs, and establishing a coordinated national drug control strategy.
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B.
Toxic Substances Control Act
The Toxic Substances Control Act is a U.S. federal law that regulates the manufacture, import, distribution, and use of chemical substances to protect human health and the environment.
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C.
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act is a U.S. law that regulates the registration, distribution, sale, and use of pesticides to protect human health and the environment.
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D.
Office of National Drug Control Policy
The Office of National Drug Control Policy is a U.S. federal agency that coordinates and oversees national drug-control strategy and policies across the government.
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E.
Code of Federal Regulations
The Code of Federal Regulations is the codification of the general and permanent rules and regulations issued by the departments and agencies of the United States federal government.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Controlled Substances Act Target entity description: 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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A.
Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988
The Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 is a U.S. federal law that expanded the war on drugs by increasing penalties, funding enforcement and treatment programs, and establishing a coordinated national drug control strategy.
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B.
Toxic Substances Control Act
The Toxic Substances Control Act is a U.S. federal law that regulates the manufacture, import, distribution, and use of chemical substances to protect human health and the environment.
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C.
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act is a U.S. law that regulates the registration, distribution, sale, and use of pesticides to protect human health and the environment.
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D.
Office of National Drug Control Policy
The Office of National Drug Control Policy is a U.S. federal agency that coordinates and oversees national drug-control strategy and policies across the government.
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E.
Code of Federal Regulations
The Code of Federal Regulations is the codification of the general and permanent rules and regulations issued by the departments and agencies of the United States federal government.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (63)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal statute
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drug control law ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Drug Enforcement Administration
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Food and Drug Administration ⓘ |
| allows |
adding substances to schedules
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removing substances from schedules ⓘ rescheduling of substances ⓘ |
| amendedBy |
Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986
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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
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surface form:
Controlled Substances Act of 1970
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| codifiedIn | United States Code ⓘ |
| codifiedSections | 21 U.S.C. §801–971 ⓘ |
| consults |
United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
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surface form:
Secretary of Health and Human Services
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| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| createsConcept |
controlled substance
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drug scheduling system ⓘ |
| criterionForScheduling |
accepted medical use in treatment in the United States
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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
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registration requirements for distributors ⓘ registration requirements for exporters ⓘ registration requirements for importers ⓘ registration requirements for manufacturers ⓘ |
| grantsAuthorityTo |
United States Attorney General
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surface form:
Attorney General of the United States
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| hasControversy |
classification of cannabis as Schedule I
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mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses ⓘ |
| includes |
21 U.S.C. §812 (schedules of controlled substances)
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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
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international drug control treaties ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
Commerce Clause
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surface form:
Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution
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| partOf |
Controlled Substances Act
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970
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| provides |
civil penalties for regulatory violations
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criminal penalties for unlawful distribution of controlled substances ⓘ criminal penalties for unlawful possession of controlled substances ⓘ |
| purpose |
combat drug abuse and drug trafficking
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regulate manufacture, distribution, and dispensing of controlled substances ⓘ |
| relatedTo | federal preemption of state drug laws in certain areas ⓘ |
| requires |
recordkeeping for controlled substances
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security controls for controlled substances ⓘ |
| schedule |
Schedule I
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Schedule II ⓘ Schedule III ⓘ Schedule IV ⓘ Schedule V ⓘ |
| scheduleCount | 5 ⓘ |
| shortName | CSA ⓘ |
| signedBy | Richard Nixon ⓘ |
| titleNumber | 21 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Controlled Substances Act Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (37)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970
this entity surface form:
Controlled Substances Act of 1970
this entity surface form:
Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970
this entity surface form:
Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970
subject surface form:
Controlled Substances Act
this entity surface form:
Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970
this entity surface form:
Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970
subject surface form:
Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations
this entity surface form:
Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970
this entity surface form:
Title III of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970
this entity surface form:
federal Controlled Substances Act
this entity surface form:
Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970
Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act amendments
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Controlled Substances Act
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