DEA Places Synthetic Cathinones Into Schedule I

The Drug Enforcement Administration permanently placed six synthetic cathinones -- N-Ethylhexedrone, alpha-Pyrrolidinohexanophenone, 4-Methyl-alpha-ethylaminopentiophenone, 4'-Methyl-alpha-pyrrolidinohexiophenone, alpha-Pyrrolidinoheptaphenone and 4'-Chloro-alpha-pyrrolidinovalerophenone -- into Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, in a final rule released May 31. The substance had been temporarily listed in Schedule I since 2019 (see 2107150020). The final rule takes effect June 1.