President Joe Biden’s administration has signaled its support for a Republican-led bill that would more strictly regulate fentanyl by listing it as a Schedule I narcotic under the Controlled Substances Act.
Earlier this year, Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-Va.) introduced H.R. 467, the “Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act” (“HALT Fentanyl Act”) to permanently list fentanyl-related substances (FRS) as a Schedule I narcotics.