7 Synthetic Drugs Were Placed into Schedule 1 This Week by the DEA
The Drug Enforcement Administration issued a temporary order to schedule seven synthetic benzimidazole-opioid substances in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, including butonitazene, etodesnitazene, flunitazene, metodesnitazene, metonitazene, N-pyrrolidino etonitazene, and protonitazene. This temporary scheduling order is effective April 12, 2022, until April 12, 2024. Read the full scheduling order here.
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