DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION ISSUES PROPOSED RULE: SCHEDULES OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE: TEMPORARY PLACEMENT OF 7-HYDROXYMITRAGYNINE ABOVE A SPECIFIED THRESHOLD IN SCHEDULE I

WASHINGTON, July 6 -- Drug Enforcement Administration has issued a proposed rule called: Schedules of Controlled Substance: Temporary Placement of 7-Hydroxymitragynine Above a Specified Threshold in Schedule I.

The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on July 6 by Heather Achbach, Federal Register Liaison Officer, Drug Enforcement Administration.

Summary: The Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration is issuing this notice of intent to publish a temporary order to schedule 7-hydroxymitragynine above a specified threshold, including its isomers, esters, ethers, salts, and salts of isomers, esters, and ethers, whenever the existence of such isomers, esters, ethers, and salts is possible, in schedule I of the Contro...