PRINTER'S NO. 2093
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1695
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY HEFFLEY, FLICK AND JAMES, OCTOBER 3, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, OCTOBER 3, 2023
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 14, 1972 (P.L.233, No.64), entitled
"An act relating to the manufacture, sale and possession of
controlled substances, other drugs, devices and cosmetics;
conferring powers on the courts and the secretary and
Department of Health, and a newly created Pennsylvania Drug,
Device and Cosmetic Board; establishing schedules of
controlled substances; providing penalties; requiring
registration of persons engaged in the drug trade and for the
revocation or suspension of certain licenses and
registrations; and repealing an act," further providing for
schedules of controlled substances.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 4(1) of the act of April 14, 1972
(P.L.233, No.64), known as The Controlled Substance, Drug,
Device and Cosmetic Act, is amended by adding a subclause to
read:
Section 4. Schedules of Controlled Substances.--The
following schedules include the controlled substances listed or
to be listed by whatever official name, common or usual name,
chemical name, or trade name designated.
(1) Schedule I--In determining that a substance comes within
this schedule, the secretary shall find: a high potential for
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abuse, no currently accepted medical use in the United States,
and a lack of accepted safety for use under medical supervision.
The following controlled substances are included in this
schedule:
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(ix) Any of the following synthetic benzimidazole-opioid
(Nitazenes) substances, including their isomers, esters, ethers,
salts, and salts of isomers, esters and ethers whenever the
existence of the isomers, esters, ethers and salts is possible:
1. 2-(2-(4-butoxybenzyl)-5-nitro-1Hbenzimidazol-1-yl)-N,N-
diethylethan-1-amine (butonitazene).
2. 2-(2-(4-ethoxybenzyl)-1Hbenzimidazol-1-yl)-
N,Ndiethylethan-1-amine (etodesnitazene; etazene).
3. N,N-diethyl-2-(2-(4-fluorobenzyl)-5-nitro-1H-
benzimidazol-1-yl)ethan-1-amine) (flunitazene).
4. N,N-diethyl-2-(2-(4-methoxybenzyl)-1H-benzimidazol-1-
yl)ethan-1-amine (metodesnitazene).
5. N,N-diethyl-2-(2-(4-methoxybenzyl)-5-nitro-1H
benzimidazol-1-yl)ethan-1-amine (metonitazene).
6. 2-(4-ethoxybenzyl)-5-nitro-1-(2-(pyrrolidin-1-yl)ethyl)-
1Hbenzimidazole (N-pyrrolidino etonitazene; etonitazepyne).
7. N,N-diethyl-2-(5-nitro-2-(4-propoxybenzyl)-1H-
benzimidazol-1-yl)ethan-1-amine (protonitazene).
8. N,N-diethyl-2-(2-(4-isopropoxybenzyl)-5-nitro-1H-
benzimidazol-1-yl)ethan-1-amine (isotonitazene).
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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