DEA Temporarily Adds All 'Fentanyl-Related Substances' to Schedule I of Drug List

The Drug Enforcement Administration is temporarily adding all "fentanyl-related substances" to Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, it said. The agency's temporary scheduling order covers "any substance not otherwise controlled in any schedule," including substances not yet developed as of publication of DEA's notice, "that is structurally related to fentanyl" in certain ways listed in the notice. DEA plans on publishing notices detailing the actual substances covered by the order as they are developed, though "even in the absence of a future publication by DEA specifically identifying such a substance, the substance will be controlled by virtue of the temporary scheduling order." DEA proposed the temporary scheduling order in December (see 1712290012). The listing takes effect Feb. 6, and will be in effect for up to three years.