DEA Sets New Import, Export Restrictions for Norfentanyl

The Drug Enforcement Administration is designating norfentanyl as a fentanyl precursor chemical and setting controls for it as a schedule II substance under the Controlled Substances Act, the DEA said in a final rule. “The scheduling of norfentanyl as an immediate precursor of the schedule II controlled substance, fentanyl, subjects norfentanyl to all of the regulatory controls and administrative, civil, and criminal sanctions applicable to the manufacture, distribution, dispensing, importing, and exporting of a schedule II controlled substance,” DEA said. The final rule takes effect May 18.