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

The Drug Enforcement Administration intends to temporarily add all "fentanyl-related substances" to Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, it said. The agency's proposed temporary scheduling order would cover "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 would publish 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." If finalized, the temporary scheduling order would remain in effect for up to three years.