Justice Department, Drug Enforcement Administration Briefing 2025-10-02
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1. Designation of P2P Methyl Glycidic Acid as a List I Chemical
Sub: Justice Department, Drug Enforcement Administration
Content: The Drug Enforcement Administration is proposing the control of the chemical 2-methyl-3-phenyloxirane-2-carboxylic acid (also known as P2P methyl glycidic acid and BMK glycidic acid) and its esters, its optical and geometric isomers, its salts, salts of its optical and geometric isomers and its esters, and any combination thereof, whenever the existence of such is possible, as a list I chemical under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). P2P methyl glycidic acid is important to the manufacture of the schedule II controlled substances phenylacetone (also known as phenyl-2-propanone or P2P), methamphetamine, and amphetamine, and it is used in clandestine laboratories to illicitly manufacture these controlled substances. If finalized, this proposed rule would subject handlers of P2P methyl glycidic acid to the chemical regulatory provisions of the CSA and its implementing regulations. This rulemaking does not establish a threshold for domestic and international transactions of P2P methyl glycidic acid. As such, all transactions of P2P methyl glycidic acid, regardless of size, shall be regulated. In addition, chemical mixtures containing P2P methyl glycidic acid are not exempt from regulatory requirements at any concentration. Therefore, all transactions of chemical mixtures containing any quantity of P2P methyl glycidic acid shall be regulated pursuant to the CSA. However, manufacturers may submit an application for exemption for those mixtures that do not qualify for automatic exemption.
2. Specific Listing for 1-boc-4-piperidone, a Currently Controlled List I Chemical
Sub: Justice Department, Drug Enforcement Administration
Content: The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is establishing a specific listing and DEA Chemical Code Number for tert-butyl 4- oxopiperidine-1-carboxylate (also known as 1-boc-4-piperidone; and CAS Number: 79099-07-3) and its salts as a list I chemical under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). Although 1-boc-4-piperidone is not specifically listed as a list I chemical of the CSA with its own unique Chemical Code Number, it has been regulated as a list I chemical in the United States as a carbamate of 4-piperidone, a list I chemical, since May 12, 2023. Therefore, DEA is simply amending the list of list I chemicals in its regulations to separately include 1-boc-4-piperidone.
3. Schedules of Controlled Substances: Placement of MDMB-4en-PINACA in Schedule I
Sub: Justice Department, Drug Enforcement Administration
Content: The Drug Enforcement Administration proposes placing methyl 3,3-dimethyl-2-(1-(pent-4-en-1-yl)-1H-indazole-3-carboxamido)butanoate (other name: MDMB-4en-PINACA), including its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers whenever the existence of such salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible, in schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. This action is being taken, in part, to enable the United States to meet its obligations under the 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances. If finalized, this action would make permanent the existing regulatory controls and administrative, civil, and criminal sanctions applicable to schedule I controlled substances on persons who handle (manufacture, distribute, import, export, engage in research, conduct instructional activities or chemical analysis with, or possess) or propose to handle MDMB-4en-PINACA.
4. Controlled Substances Ordering System (CSOS) Modernization
Sub: Justice Department, Drug Enforcement Administration
Content: This rule is amending the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) regulations to conform to the Controlled Substances Ordering System (CSOS) modernization effort by requiring all CSOS enrollment applications and supporting materials to be submitted through the Diversion Control Division secure online portal. These amendments improve the enrollment process by aligning it with DEA's current requirements for other online form submissions. The online submission of enrollment applications and supporting material through the secure online portal increases the efficiency of the enrollment, modification, and revocation processes, and ensures DEA's receipt of accurate documentation in a more timely and organized manner.
5. Requiring Online Submission of Applications for and Renewals of DEA Registration: Technical Correction
Sub: Justice Department, Drug Enforcement Administration
Content: This final rule updates an existing Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) regulation by removing the reference to paper payments by check or money order for all applications for DEA registrations and renewal of those registrations. This action makes no substantive changes to this regulation.
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