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DEA Extends Temporary Status of Synthetic Opioid in Schedule I, Proposes Permanent Listing

The Drug Enforcement Administration is extending for one more year the temporary listing of beta-hydroxythiofentanyl in schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, it said. The synthetic opioid, first temporarily listed in 2016, will now remain listed in schedule I…

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until May 12, 2019. DEA also issued a proposed rule to permanently list beta-hydroxythiofentanyl in schedule I, with comments due June 11. Substances may only be temporarily listed under the CSA for three years.