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38 Congressional Research Service reports and publications

Non-Intrusive Inspection Equipment to Counter Illicit Drug Flows
2025-09-02 · Posts · IN12601 · HTML available · PDF available
HALT Fentanyl Act Permanently Controls Fentanyl-Related Substances
2025-07-29 · Posts · LSB11343 · HTML available · PDF available
Class-Wide Scheduling of Fentanyl-Related Substances (FRS)
2025-06-12 · Posts · IN12468 · HTML available · PDF available
An Expiration Date for Temporary Control of Fentanyl Analogues
2025-06-09 · Posts · LSB10404 · HTML available · PDF available
United States v. McCray and Criminal Sentences for Fentanyl Analogue Offenses
2025-06-09 · Posts · LSB11263 · HTML available · PDF available
Legislative Scheduling of Controlled Substances
2025-06-09 · Resources · IF12709 · HTML available · PDF available
U.S.-Canada Relations amid Tariffs Under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act
2025-04-14 · Posts · IN12533 · HTML available · PDF available
High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) Program
2025-03-04 · Resources · IF11917 · HTML available · PDF available
The Controlled Substances Act (CSA): A Legal Overview for the 119th Congress
2025-01-22 · Reports · R45948 · HTML available · PDF available
Funding Limits on Federal Prosecutions of State-Legal Medical Marijuana
2024-12-05 · Posts · LSB10694 · HTML available · PDF available
Legal Effect of Marijuana Rescheduling on FDA’s Regulation of Cannabis
2024-09-16 · Posts · LSB11227 · HTML available · PDF available
Effect of Rescheduling Marijuana on Access to Financial Services
2024-08-26 · Posts · LSB11218 · HTML available · PDF available
Xylazine and the Controlled Substances Act: Legal Considerations for Congress
2024-07-19 · Posts · LSB11202 · HTML available · PDF available
The Impact of Proposed Rescheduling of Marijuana on D.C. Regulatory Authority
2024-06-28 · Posts · LSB11188 · HTML available · PDF available
State Marijuana “Legalization” and Federal Drug Law: A Brief Overview for Congress
2024-05-14 · Posts · LSB10482 · HTML available · PDF available
Drug Offense Sentencing Relief Under the First Step Act and the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines
2024-05-03 · Resources · IF12651 · HTML available · PDF available
The Federal Status of Marijuana and the Policy Gap with States
2024-05-02 · Resources · IF12270 · HTML available · PDF available
Legal Consequences of Rescheduling Marijuana
2024-05-01 · Posts · LSB11105 · HTML available · PDF available
Supreme Court Clarifies Scope of Drug Offense Sentencing Relief Under the First Step Act
2024-04-04 · Posts · LSB11145 · HTML available · PDF available
China Primer: Illicit Fentanyl and China’s Role
2024-02-20 · Resources · IF10890 · HTML available · PDF available
Kratom Regulation: Federal Status and State Approaches
2023-11-28 · Posts · LSB11082 · HTML available · PDF available
Xylazine: Considerations for Federal Control
2023-08-01 · Posts · IN12086 · HTML available
Comparison of Proposed Legislation Concerning Fentanyl-Related Substances
2023-05-24 · Reports · R47572 · HTML available · PDF available
Recent Developments in Opioid Regulation Under the Controlled Substances Act
2023-02-03 · Posts · LSB10865 · HTML available · PDF available
Listed Chemicals and Federal Regulation of Controlled Substance Precursors
2023-01-19 · Resources · IF12311 · HTML available · PDF available
Back in Action, the U.S. Sentencing Commission to Resolve Circuit Splits on Controlled Substances and Sentencing Reductions
2022-12-30 · Posts · LSB10890 · HTML available · PDF available
Recent Developments in Marijuana Law
2022-12-06 · Posts · LSB10859 · HTML available · PDF available
The Opioid Crisis in the United States: A Brief History
2022-11-30 · Resources · IF12260 · HTML available · PDF available
The Evolution of Marijuana as a Controlled Substance and the Federal-State Policy Gap
2022-04-07 · Reports · R44782 · HTML available · PDF available
Cocaine: Crack and Powder Sentencing Disparities
2021-11-09 · Resources · IF11965 · HTML available · PDF available
Does the President Have the Power to Legalize Marijuana?
2021-11-04 · Posts · LSB10655 · HTML available · PDF available
Office of National Drug Control Policy and Its Role in Federal Drug Control
2021-08-24 · Reports · R46889 · HTML available · PDF available
Private Health Information and Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs)
2021-04-30 · Resources · IF11042 · HTML available · PDF available
The MORE Act: House Plans Historic Vote on Federal Marijuana Legalization
2020-11-25 · Posts · LSB10556 · HTML available · PDF available
Illicit Drug Smuggling Between Ports of Entry and Border Barriers
2020-02-07 · Reports · R46218 · HTML available · PDF available
Illicit Drug Flows and Seizures in the United States: What Do We [Not] Know?
2019-07-03 · Reports · R45812 · HTML available · PDF available
Public Health and Other Related Provisions in P.L 115-271, the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act
2018-12-03 · Reports · R45423 · HTML available · PDF available
The SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act (P.L. 115-271): Food and Drug Administration and Controlled Substance Provisions
2018-11-15 · Reports · R45405 · HTML available · PDF available