Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 20-2-1 (2026)
Short Title.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
This chapter may be cited as the Alabama Uniform Controlled Substances Act.
(Acts 1971, No. 1407, p. 2378, §511.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 45
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1978–2024 · leading case: Kennedy v. State, 929 So. 2d 515 (Ala. Crim. App. 2005).
Kennedy v. State, 929 So. 2d 515 (Ala. Crim. App. 2005). “1997) (defendant was convicted under the provisions of the Alabama Uniform Controlled Substances Act (the Act), § 20-2-1 et seq., Ala.Code 1975, and sentenced under the HFOA; remanded for resentencing on the authority of Ex parte Chambers, 522 So.”
United States v. Derek James Beck, 602 F.2d 726 (5th Cir. 1979). “He picked up the bag, looked into the Chevrolet, and observed in plain view another syringe located behind the driver’s seat on the floorboard.”
Dawkins v. State, 547 A.2d 1041 (Md. 1988). “See, Ala. Code §§ 20-2-1 to 20-2-93 (1975); Alaska Stat.”
State v. Henderson, 144 So. 3d 1262 (Ala. 2013). “Some offenses are outside the Criminal Code, such as drug offenses, which are governed by the Alabama Uniform Controlled Substances Act, § 20-2-1 et seq., Ala.Code 1975. . The plain meaning of "capital” is the possibility of the death penalty.”
Ex Parte Tucker, 474 So. 2d 134 (Ala. 1985). “Jessie Lee Tucker was convicted by a Baldwin County jury of violation of the Alabama Uniform Controlled Substances Act, Code 1975, § 20-2-1, et seq., for the *135 sale of marijuana.”
Eley v. Med. Licensure Com'n of Alabama, 904 So. 2d 269 (Ala. Civ. App. 2003). “The Board has promulgated rules under the Alabama Uniform Controlled Substances Act, § 20-2-1 et seq., Ala.Code 1975, intended to serve as guidelines for physicians in prescribing pain medication.”
Norman Dennis Martin v. State of Alabama & Circuit Court of Russell Cnty., 730 F.2d 721 (11th Cir. 1984). “Petitioner was indicted under the Alabama Uniform Controlled Substances Act, Ala.Code § 20-2-1 et seq. (1975), for the sale of marijuana.”
Walker v. State, 358 So. 2d 800 (Ala. Crim. App. 1978). “Code of Ala. 1975, § 20-2-1 — 20-2-93. Appellant’s requested charges 4, 9 and 14, have their chief, if not their only, value to defendant in their setting forth the principle that defendant is presumed innocent and cannot be convicted unless the evidence convinces the jury of…”
Benton v. Ala. Bd. of Med. Examiners, 467 So. 2d 234 (Ala. 1985). “This is due largely to the existence of two seemingly contradictory enactments, the Alabama Uniform Controlled Substances Act, Code 1975, § 20-2-1 et seq. and the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act.”
Ex Parte Harbor, 465 So. 2d 460 (Ala. 1985). “FAULKNER, Justice (dissenting): Charles Michael Harbor was convicted of illegal possession of drugs in violation of the Alabama Uniform Controlled Substances Act, § 20-2-1, et seq., specifically § 20-2-70, Code of Alabama 1975, and was sentenced to fifteen years' imprisonment in…”
Ex Parte Kelley, 766 So. 2d 837 (Ala. 1999). “1407, Ala. Acts 1971, p. 2378. The forfeiture provisions of our Code are subject to the Excessive Fines Clauses of the Alabama Constitution, Art.”
Blair v. State, 549 So. 2d 112 (Ala. Crim. App. 1989). “Justice Beatty stated that only the Alabama Uniform Controlled Substances Act, § 20-2-1 et seq., contains recidivist or enhancement of punishment provisions which can be applied in drug cases.”
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