Controlled Substances Regulations (SOR/2025-242)

Marginal note:Restrictions

235 A person that advertises a controlled substance may only do so if

• The following provision is not in force.

  (a) the substance is not a restricted drug;

• The following provision is not in force.

  (b) the advertisement is directed to a person that is not part of the general public; and

• The following provision is not in force.

  (c) in the case of a written advertisement,

  • (i) the advertisement appears in a document distributed to, or in a trade publication for,

    • (A) a licensed dealer,

    • (B) a pharmacist, pharmacy technician or practitioner, or

    • (C) a hospital, and

  • (ii) the advertisement contains, in a conspicuous place, a legible and intelligible statement that the substance is a controlled substance.