# Schedules of Controlled Substances Placement of Butorphanol Into Schedule IV
> **Rule** · Final rule. · Published 1997-10-01 · 62 FR 51370
## Document
- **Document number:** 97-25969
- **Category:** scheduling
- **Type:** Rule
- **Action:** Final rule.
- **Citation:** 62 FR 51370
- **Publication date:** 1997-10-01
## Abstract

With the issuance of this final rule, the Acting Deputy Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) places the substance butorphanol, including its salts and optical isomers, into Schedule IV of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). As a result of this rule, the regulatory controls and criminal sanctions of Schedule IV will be applicable to the manufacture, distribution, dispensing, importation and exportation of butorphanol and products containing butorphanol.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/10/01/97-25969/schedules-of-controlled-substances-placement-of-butorphanol-into-schedule-iv)
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