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A8496Assembly2017-2018 Session

Add Carfentanil to Banned List

Official title

“Adds Carfentanil as an opioid derivative to schedule I of the controlled substance list”

Sponsor Kenneth ZebrowskiAD-96+14 co-sponsorsAffects Health
Status
In Assembly Committee
Health
Impact
3/10
Low
Passage
0%

Bill progress

Step 2 of 7

In committee · Health

What's happening

This bill adds Carfentanil to New York's Schedule I controlled substances list as an opioid derivative.

Why it matters

  1. Carfentanil is extremely potent (estimated to be 100 times stronger than fentanyl and thousands of times more potent than morphine), so scheduling it as a controlled substance increases oversight and restricts its legal availability, potentially reducing the risk of accidental overdoses and deaths.

  2. Law enforcement and health officials will have clearer legal authority to prosecute unauthorized possession, distribution, or manufacture of Carfentanil, which could help combat the illegal opioid trade and address public safety concerns.

  3. Including Carfentanil explicitly in the state's Schedule I list signals to healthcare providers, emergency responders, and the public that it is considered to have a high potential for abuse and no accepted medical use, reinforcing public health warnings and prevention efforts.

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Add Carfentanil to Banned List

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Kenneth Zebrowski

Assembly Member · Assembly District 96

History

  1. Referred to health
  2. Referred to health

Full text

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STATE OF NEW YORK

8496

2017-2018 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

June 16, 2017

Introduced by M. of A. ZEBROWSKI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to adding Carfentanil as an opioid derivative to schedule I to the controlled substance list

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. Subdivision (c) of schedule I of section 3306 of the public health law is amended by adding a new paragraph 25, to read as follows:

(25) Carfentanil or carfentanyl (also known as 4-carbomethoxyfentanyl).

§ 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD13151-01-7

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