# Schedules of Controlled Substances: Temporary Placement of N-Ethylpentylone in Schedule I
> **Rule** · Temporary amendment; temporary scheduling order. · Published 2018-08-31 · 83 FR 44474
## Document
- **Document number:** 2018-18988
- **Category:** scheduling
- **Type:** Rule
- **Action:** Temporary amendment; temporary scheduling order.
- **Citation:** 83 FR 44474
- **Publication date:** 2018-08-31
## Abstract

The Acting Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration is issuing this temporary scheduling order to schedule the synthetic cathinone, 1-(1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)-2-(ethylamino)- pentan-1-one (N-ethylpentylone, ephylone) and its optical, positional, and geometric isomers, salts, and salts of isomers in schedule I. This action is based on a finding by the Acting Administrator that the placement of N-ethylpentylone in schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) 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, reverse distribute, import, export, engage in research, conduct instructional activities or chemical analysis, or possess), or propose to handle N-ethylpentylone.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/08/31/2018-18988/schedules-of-controlled-substances-temporary-placement-of-n-ethylpentylone-in-schedule-i)
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