Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986

Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986
Other short titles	Alcohol and Drug Abuse Amendments of 1986; Controlled Substance Analogue Enforcement Act of 1986; Federal Analog Act;
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.
Enacted by	the 99th United States Congress
Effective	October 27, 1986
Citations
Public law	99-570
Statutes at Large	100 Stat. 3207
Codification
Acts amended	Administrative Procedure Act; Freedom of Information Act
Titles amended	21 U.S.C.: Food and Drugs
U.S.C. sections amended	21 U.S.C. ch. 13, subch. I § 801 et seq.; 21 U.S.C. ch. 13, subch. I § 841 et seq.; 21 U.S.C. ch. 13, subch. II § 951 et seq.;
Legislative history
	Introduced in the House of Representatives as H.R. 5484 by James C. Wright Jr. (D–TX) on September 8, 1986; Committee consideration by House Armed Services, House Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, House Education and Labor, House Foreign Affairs, House Government Operations, House Energy and Commerce, House Interior and Insular Affairs, House Judiciary, House Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House Post Office and Civil Service, House Public Works and Transportation, House Ways and Means; Passed the House on September 11, 1986 (392-16); Passed the Senate on September 30, 1986 (97-2, in lieu of S. 2878) with amendment; House agreed to Senate amendment on October 17, 1986 (unanimous consent) with further amendment; Senate agreed to House amendment on October 17, 1986 (voice vote); Signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on October 27, 1986;
Major amendments
	Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988

The Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 was a law pertaining to the War on Drugs passed by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by U.S. President Ronald Reagan. Among other things, it changed the system of federal supervised release from a rehabilitative system into a punitive system.^{[citation needed]} The 1986 Act also prohibited controlled substance analogs. The bill enacted new mandatory minimum sentences for drugs, including marijuana.^[1]^[2]

^ Snitch: Drug Laws and Snitching – a Primer Archived 2015-10-23 at the Wayback Machine. Frontline (U.S. TV series). Public Broadcasting Service. The article also has a chart of mandatory minimum sentences for first time drug offenders.
^ Thirty Years of America's Drug War Archived 2011-02-24 at the Wayback Machine. Frontline (U.S. TV series).

[pbssnitch-1] Snitch: Drug Laws and Snitching – a Primer Archived 2015-10-23 at the Wayback Machine. Frontline (U.S. TV series). Public Broadcasting Service. The article also has a chart of mandatory minimum sentences for first time drug offenders.

[frontlinedrugwars-2] Thirty Years of America's Drug War Archived 2011-02-24 at the Wayback Machine. Frontline (U.S. TV series).

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