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

WASHINGTON, July 6 -- Drug Enforcement Administration has issued a proposed rule called: Schedules of Controlled Substances: Temporary Placement of Mitragynine Pseudoindoxyl, MGM-15, and MGM-16 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 three 7-hydroxymitragynine-related substances (mitragynine pseudoindoxyl, 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 s...