---
kind: "section"
citation: "8 C.F.R. § 1212.11"
title: "8"
number: "1212.11"
heading: "Controlled substance convictions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/8/1212.11"
---

# §1212.11. Controlled substance convictions.


In determining the admissibility of an alien who has been convicted of a violation of any law or regulation of a State, the United States, or a foreign country relating to a controlled substance, the term controlled substance as used in section 212(a)(23) of the Act, shall mean the same as that referenced in the Controlled Substances Act, [21 U.S.C. 801](/usc/21/801.md), et seq., and shall include any substance contained in Schedules I through V of [21 CFR 1308.1](/cfr/21/1308.1.md), et seq. For the purposes of this section, the term controlled substance includes controlled substance analogues as defined in 21 U.S.C. [802(23)](/usc/21/802.md?p=23) and [813](/usc/21/813.md).


## Notes

### Amendments

[53 FR 9282, Mar. 22, 1988]

### Authority

Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1101 and note, 1102, 1103, 1182 and note, 1184, 1187, 1223, 1225, 1226, 1227, 1255; 8 U.S.C. 1185 note (section 7209 of Pub. L. 108-458); Title VII of Pub. L. 110-229; Pub. L. 115-218.

### Source

Source: 17 FR 11484, Dec. 19, 1952, unless otherwise noted. Duplicated from part 212 at 68 FR 9535, Feb. 28, 2003.

### Amendments

[53 FR 9282, Mar. 22, 1988]