Notice 4 Jun 2025 compliance, regulations, penalties, controlled substances, drug enforcement, laboratory supplies

⚗️DEA Updates Special Surveillance List for Controlled Substances

The Controlled Substances Act provides for civil penalties for the distribution of a laboratory supply to a person who uses, or attempts to use, that laboratory supply to manufacture a controlled substance or a listed chemical, if that distribution was made with reckless disregard for the illegal uses to which such laboratory supply will be put. The term laboratory supply is defined as a listed chemical or any chemical, substance, or item on a special surveillance list published by the Attorney General which contains chemicals, products, materials, or equipment used in the manufacture of controlled substances and listed chemicals. The Drug Enforcement Administration is hereby publishing a notice to update the Special Surveillance List.

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