DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION ISSUES PROPOSED RULE: DESIGNATION OF PHENETHYL HALIDES AS LIST I CHEMICALS

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Drug Enforcement Administration has issued a proposed rule called: Designation of Phenethyl Halides as List I Chemicals.

The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on July 9 by Leslie Mayer, Federal Register Liaison Officer, Drug Enforcement Administration.

Summary: The Drug Enforcement Administration is proposing the control of phenethyl halides as list I chemicals under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). Phenethyl halides are important to the illicit manufacture of fentanyl, as well as fentanyl analogues, and fentanyl-related substances as they are often used in synthetic routes to manufacture these substances. Further, in the respective synthetic routes in which they are used to manufacture fentanyl...