DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION ISSUES PROPOSED RULE: SCHEDULES OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES: TEMPORARY PLACEMENT OF MGM-15 AND MGM-16 IN SCHEDULE I

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- Drug Enforcement Administration has issued a proposed rule called: Schedules of Controlled Substances: Temporary Placement of MGM-15 and MGM-16 in Schedule I.

The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on Oct. 14 by Heather Achbach, Federal Register Liaison Officer, Drug Enforcement Administration.

Summary: The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is issuing this notice of intent to publish a temporary order to schedule two 7-hydroxymitragynine-related substances (MGM-15 and MGM-16), including their 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 Controlled Substances Act (CSA)....