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DEA to Temporarily Add Synthetic Benzimidazole-Opioids to Schedule I of Drug List

The Drug Enforcement Administration plans to temporarily add seven synthetic benzimidazole-opioid substances -- butonitazene, etodesnitazene, flunitazene, metodesnitazene, metonitazene, n-pyrrolidino etonitazene, and protonitazene -- to Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, it said in a notice of intent released Dec.…

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6. Once the temporary scheduling order is published, it will be in effect for up to three years, the DEA said.