title: Schedules of Controlled Substances: Temporary Placement of Acetyl Fentanyl Into Schedule I. Final order.
abstract: The Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration is issuing this final order to temporarily schedule the synthetic opioid, N-(1-phenethylpiperidin-4-yl)-N-phenylacetamide (acetyl fentanyl), and its optical, positional, and geometric isomers, salts and salts of isomers, into schedule I pursuant to the temporary scheduling provisions of the Controlled Substances Act. This action is based on a finding by the Administrator that the placement of this opioid substance into schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act is necessary to avoid an imminent hazard to the public safety. As a result of this order, the regulatory controls and administrative, civil, and criminal sanctions applicable to schedule I controlled substances will be imposed on persons who handle (manufacture, distribute, import, export, engage in research, or possess), or propose to handle, acetyl fentanyl.
mesh_terms: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000145:classification; D015198:Designer Drugs / Q000145:classification*; D004335:Drug and Narcotic Control / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005283:Fentanyl / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000145:classification*; D006801:Humans; D009293:Opioid-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D011634:Public Health; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid; D015198:Designer Drugs; D005283:Fentanyl