The drugs regulated by federal drug laws include just about anything people take to make themselves feel better and avoid reality. Federal prosecutors' drug of choice (for prosecuting, that is) changes from month to month and from district to district. Cocaine and marijuana cases are common, as well as MDMA ("Ecstasy") cases. In recent years we have seen more methamphetamine cases coming through the system, possibly because people sent to prison for meth 15-20 years ago have been getting out.

Here is a table listing penalties for possession of the most common drugs. And here is the drug equivalency table, which allows you to convert quantities of other drugs to equivalent quantities of marijuana for sentencing purposes.

This page is a work in progress. If you'd like to discuss Federal drug laws, please contact me