Schedules of Controlled Substances: Placement of Lisdexamfetamine Into Schedule II

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