US EditionBeshear Bans Drug in Kentucky that's Being Targeted by Attorneys General Across the Nation
Kentucky banned bromazolam, a potent designer benzodiazepine linked to at least 47 overdose deaths last year, amid challenges in prosecuting dealers under current laws.
- Emergency action Monday by Beshear classified bromazolam as a Schedule 1 substance after Coleman requested an emergency schedule, responding to public health concerns.
- The synthetic drug bromazolam was linked to 48 overdose deaths in Kentucky last year, and Coleman said it is highly potent and unpredictable compared to prescription Xanax.
- In 2024, the Northern Kentucky Drug Strike Force seized 200 counterfeit bromazolam pills, and a coalition of 2 attorneys general urged the DEA to act, warning of illicit sales.
- Beshear said the ban provides law enforcement tools to remove the drug, after Coleman asked the DEA for an emergency schedule to bromazolam.
- Although a 21-state coalition requested federal scheduling, bromazolam remains unscheduled at the federal level, hindering law enforcement and public health efforts, despite being scheduled in Kentucky, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Virginia and West Virginia.
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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has taken emergency action to ban the sale of a synthetic drug known as “designer Xanax” in his state.
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Beshear bans drug in Kentucky that's being targeted by attorneys general across the nation - The Morning Sun
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear took emergency action Monday to ban the sale of “designer Xanax,” responding to a request from his state's attorney general who is leading a broader effort to combat the highly potent synthetic drug linked to dozens of overdose deaths last year in the Bluegrass State. Beshear's action in his state comes as a coalition of 21 attorneys general, led by Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman, is ur…
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