### Question
What does drug offense mean?


### Answer
**Drug offense** has the following meaning in *23 U.S.C. § 159*:

> any criminal offense which proscribes—


(A) the possession, distribution, manufacture, cultivation, sale, transfer, or the attempt or conspiracy to possess, distribute, manufacture, cultivate, sell, or transfer any substance the possession of which is prohibited under the Controlled Substances Act

#### Citation:
  - *23 U.S.C. § 159*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 1-FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS**

