Schedules of Controlled Substances: Temporary Placement of 5,6- Dichloro Brorphine, 5,6-Dichloro Desmethylchlorphine, N-Propionitrile Chlorphine, and Spirochlorphine in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act

The Drug Enforcement Administration has temporarily placed four synthetic opioids into Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, according to today's Federal Register notice. The four substances—five six-dichloro brorphine, five six-dichloro desmethylchlorphine, N-propionitrile chlorphine, and spirochlorphine—will now face the same federal manufacturing, distribution, and possession restrictions as heroin and LSD. The temporary scheduling aims to address emerging designer drugs.

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