Schedules of Controlled Substances: Placement of 4,4′-DMAR in Schedule I

With the issuance of this final rule, the Drug Enforcement Administration places 4,4'-dimethylaminorex (common name: 4,4'-DMAR) including its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers, in schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. This action is being taken to enable the United States to meet its obligations under the 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances. This action imposes the 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, or possess), or propose to handle 4,4'-DMAR.