### Question
Can you define what drug offense means?


### Answer
**Drug offense** is defined as the following 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 > SUBCHAPTER I-GENERAL PROVISIONS**

