# Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988; Possession of small amounts of controlled substances (per violation) — Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies

For Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988; Possession of small amounts of controlled substances (per violation), agency is DOJ; statutory authority is 21 U.S.C. 844a(a); maximum penalty is 26,262, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Agency:** DOJ _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Violation:** Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988; Possession of small amounts of controlled substances (per violation) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statutory authority:** 21 U.S.C. 844a(a) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Maximum penalty:** 26,262 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> <https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/21/844a> 21 U.S.C. 844a(a) | Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988; Possession of small amounts of controlled substances (per violation) | <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-28/section-76.3#p-76.3(a)> 28 CFR 76.3(a) | 25,597 | 26,262

## Source

- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-28/chapter-I/part-85/section-85.5

Last verified: 2026-08-10. Review by: 2027-02-26.
Part of [Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies](https://referencesource.org/federal-civil-penalty-maximums/).