Background

The Drug Enforcement Administration has announced its intent to publish temporary orders to place the following psychoactive alkaloids, including their isomers, esters, ethers, salts, and salts of isomers, esters, and ethers, in Schedule 1 of the Controlled Substances Act.

- 7-hydroxymitragynine (a psychoactive alkaloid) above a specified threshold

- methyl (E)-2-((1′S,6′S,7′S)-6′-ethyl-4-methoxy-3-oxo-3′,5′,6′,7′,8′,8a′-hexahydro-2′H-spiro[indoline-2,1′-indolizine]-7′-yl)-3-methoxyacrylate (commonly known as mitragynine pseudoindoxyl)

- methyl (E)-2-((2S,3S,7aS,12aR,12bS)-3-ethyl-7a-hydroxy-8-methoxy-1,2,3,4,6,7,7a,12,12a,12b-decahydroindolo[2,3-a]quinolizin-2-yl)-3-methoxyacrylate (commonly known as dihydro-7-hydroxymitragynine or MGM-15)

- methyl (E)- 2-((2S,3S,7aS,12aR,12bS)-3-ethyl-9-fluoro-7a-hydroxy-8-methoxy-1,2,3,4,6,7,7a,12,12a,12b-decahydroindolo[2,3-a]quinolizin-2-yl)-3-methoxyacrylate (commonly known as 9-fluoro-dihydro-7-hydroxymitragynine or MGM-16)

When they are issued these orders will impose the regulatory controls and administrative, civil, and criminal sanctions applicable to schedule I controlled substances on persons who handle (import, export, manufacture, distribute, reverse distribute, engage in research or conduct instructional activities or chemical analysis with, or possess) or propose to handle these substances.

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