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DEA Updates Special Surveillance List of Precursor Chemicals and Equipment

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Houck — The Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) has issued its notice finalizing updates to its longstanding Special Surveillance List of chemicals and equipment used in the illicit manufacture of controlled substances and listed chemicals. 73,044 (Oct. DEA’s notice of updates with the Special Surveillance List is attached here.

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DEA Proposes Additions to Longstanding Precursor Chemical Special Surveillance List

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Houck — The Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) has designated precursor chemicals, including 4-piperidone just last month, used in the illicit manufacture of controlled substances as List I and II chemicals over the years as “laboratory supplies,” but has never revised or updated its Special Surveillance List. By Larry K. 21 U.S.C. §

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Gabapentinoids – Gabapentin and Pregabalin: Tasce Bongiovanni, Donovan Maust and Nisha Iyer

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And for that reason, there was actually an enormous lawsuit, and the manufacturer was fined, now I think 20 years ago, in the millions and millions of dollars for off-label prescribing. So the patient gets gabapentin prescribed from their surgeon, they see their PCP, they have a list of medications, and they all get renewed, get represcribed.

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DEA Cranks Out Updated Special Surveillance List and Proposed Regulatory Actions

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Special Surveillance List of Chemicals, Products, Materials and Equipment Used in the Manufacture of Controlled Substances and Listed Chemicals, 90 Fed. We think that the agency will revise and update the list more frequently as clandestine manufacturing trends require. 21 U.S.C. § 21 U.S.C. § 842(a)(11). 23,711 (June 4, 2025).