Drug Enforcement Administration January 2018 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration is issuing this temporary scheduling order to extend the temporary schedule I status of a synthetic cannabinoid, N-(1-amino-3,3-dimethyl- 1-oxobutan-2-yl)-1-(cyclohexylmethyl)-1H-indazole-3-carboxami de (other names: MAB-CHMINACA; ADB-CHMINACA), including its optical, positional and geometric isomers, salts, and salts of isomers. The schedule I status of MAB-CHMINACA currently is in effect through February 4, 2018. This temporary order will extend the temporary scheduling of MAB- CHMINACA for one year, or until the permanent scheduling action for this substance is completed, whichever occurs first.

The Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) of 2016, which became law on July 22, 2016, amended the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) to expand the categories of practitioners who may, under certain conditions on a temporary basis, dispense a narcotic drug in Schedule III, IV, or V for the purpose of maintenance treatment or detoxification treatment. Separately, the Department of Health and Human Services, by final rule effective August 8, 2016, increased to 275 the maximum number of patients that a practitioner may treat for opioid use disorder without being separately registered under the CSA for that purpose. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is hereby amending its regulations to incorporate these statutory and regulatory changes.

Registrants listed below have applied for and been granted registration by-the Drug Enforcement Administration as importers of various classes of schedule I or II controlled substances.

The Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration is issuing this temporary scheduling order to schedule the synthetic opioid, N-(1-phenethylpiperidin-4-yl)-N-phenylcyclopropanecarboxamide (cyclopropyl fentanyl), and its isomers, esters, ethers, salts, and salts of isomers, esters, and ethers in schedule I. This action is based on a finding by the Administrator that the placement of cyclopropyl fentanyl in schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act is necessary to avoid an imminent hazard to the public safety. As a result of this order, the regulatory controls and administrative, civil, and criminal sanctions applicable to schedule I controlled substances will be imposed on persons who handle (manufacture, distribute, reverse distribute, import, export, engage in research, conduct instructional activities or chemical analysis, or possess), or propose to handle, cyclopropyl fentanyl.