Drug Enforcement Administration May 2019 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The registrants listed below have applied for and been granted registration by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) as importers of schedule I and schedule II controlled substances.

The registrants listed below have applied for and been granted registration by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) as bulk manufacturers of schedule I and II controlled substances.

Registrants listed below have applied for and been granted registration by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) as bulk manufacturers of schedule I and II controlled substances.

With the issuance of this final rule, the Drug Enforcement Administration places beta-hydroxythiofentanyl (N-[1-[2-hydroxy-2- (thiophen-2-yl)ethyl]piperidin-4-yl]-N-phenylpropionamide), also known as N-[1-[2-hydroxy-2-(2-thienyl)ethyl]-4-piperidinyl]-N-phenyl- propanamide, including its isomers, esters, ethers, salts, and salts of isomers, esters and ethers, in schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. This rule continues the imposition of the regulatory controls and administrative, civil, and criminal sanctions applicable to schedule I controlled substances on persons who handle (manufacture, distribute, import, export, engage in research, conduct instructional activities or chemical analysis, or possess), or propose to handle beta-hydroxythiofentanyl.

The Acting Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration is issuing this notice of intent to publish a temporary order to schedule the synthetic cathinones, N-ethylhexedrone; alpha- pyrrolidinohexanophenone (trivial name: [alpha]-PHP); 4-methyl-alpha- ethylaminopentiophenone (trivial name: 4-MEAP); 4'-methyl-alpha- pyrrolidinohexiophenone (trivial name: MPHP); alpha- pyrrolidinoheptaphenone (trivial name: PV8); and 4-chloro-alpha- pyrrolidinovalerophenone (trivial name: 4-chloro-[alpha]-PVP), in schedule I. When it is issued, the temporary scheduling order will impose regulatory requirements under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) on the manufacture, distribution, reverse distribution, possession, importation, exportation, research, conduct of instructional activities, and chemical analysis of these synthetic cathinones, as well as administrative, civil, and criminal remedies with respect to persons who fail to comply with such requirements or otherwise violate the CSA with respect to these substances.