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DEA Places Synthetic Opioids Into Schedule I

The Drug Enforcement Administration permanently placed the synthetic opioids 2'-fluoro ortho-fluorofentanyl, 4'-methyl acetyl fentanyl, β'-phenyl fentanyl, β-methyl fentanyl, ortho-fluorobutyryl fentanyl, ortho-methyl acetylfentanyl, ortho-methyl methoxyacetyl fentanyl, para-methylfentanyl, phenyl fentanyl, and thiofuranyl fentanyl into Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, in…

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a final rule released April. 26. The substances had been temporarily listed in Schedule I since 2018. The final rule takes effect April 27.