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Committee approves annual controlled-substances schedule update including designer opioids and ethylphenidate

3335128 · March 10, 2025
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The Health and Human Services Committee voted unanimously to give a ‘‘do pass’’ recommendation on the annual controlled substances schedule update (House Bill 473), adding several designer and synthetic drugs to the controlled list.

The Health and Human Services Committee voted unanimously to give a due-pass recommendation on the annual controlled substances schedule update, House Bill 473, which would add several designer and synthetic drugs to the state’s controlled-substances schedules.

Chairman Stevens, presenting the measure, said the update names an ‘‘opioid designer drug,’’ a ‘‘synthetic, mushroom type drug,’’ ethylphenidate and a ‘‘sports doping drug,’’ alongside routine prescription items.…

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