TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Dec 13, 2019

Tennessee Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III recently joined a bipartisan coalition of all 56 attorneys general calling on Congress to permanently classify fentanyl-related substances as Schedule I drugs. Such drugs are defined as having a high potential for abuse and no accepted medical use. The Drug Enforcement Administration issued a temporary scheduling order in 2018 but that action is set to expire in February 2020. Legislation pending in Congress would make the Schedule I classification permanent. Read the letter sent to legislators.