DEA Maintains Placement of Highly Addictive Fentanyl Substances in Schedule I

Summary

The Drug Enforcement Administration has finalized the placement of furanyl fentanyl, 4-fluoroisobutyryl fentanyl, acryl fentanyl, tetrahydrofuranyl fentanyl, and ocfentanil in Schedule I, fulfilling the US obligations under the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961, and imposing strict regulatory controls on handling, manufacturing, and distribution of these substances.