The Trouble With the Nixon Eric Controlled Substances Act

The Analog Act was passed in 1986, two years after the emergency scheduling law. It says if you have a drug that's substantially similar to one that's already on the list of illegal substances, you're on the hook as if you were selling that drugs. Even if it's not on the list, if the DEA and prosecutors can prove, "Cocaine plus one is substantially similar to cocaine," then you've basically just been selling cocaine.

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