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

The Drug Enforcement Administration is temporarily adding 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 released April 11. The listing…

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takes effect April 12, and will be in effect for up to three years.