Notice of Intent: MAB-CHMINACA to be placed into Schedule I

The United States DEA has filed a notice of intent to place the synthetic cannabinoid MAB-CHMINACA into Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. The pre-publication text of the notice can be found here. The official notice will be published on 9/16 here.

MAB-CHMINACA is also known as ADB-CHMINACA. The chemical name is

N-(1-Amino-3,3-Dimethyl-1-oxoButan-2-yl)-1-(CycloHexylMethyl)-1H-INdAzole-3-CarboxAmide. The alphabet soup naming convention is shown by red-colored bold uppercase font.

 

 

I've covered this compound previously here and here.

As you can see from the chemical structures detailed above, ADB-CHMINACA is closely related to many other synthetic cannabinoids, namely AB-CHMINACA, which was placed into Schedule I about 8 months ago. The difference between the two compounds is a tert-butyl moiety vs. an isopropyl moiety.

When this compound is officially scheduled (probably around a month from now, so around October 15th), it will be the 25th synthetic cannabinoid explicitly scheduled by the US Federal Government in approximately 4.5 years (since 3/2011).

The current list of Federally controlled synthetic cannabinoids is (in alphabetical order):
 

5F-PB-22

AB-CHMINACA

AB-FUBINACA

AB-PINACA

ADB-PINACA

AKB48/APINACA

AM694

AM2201

CP-47,497

CP-47,497-C8 homologue

JWH-018/AM678

JWH-019

JWH-073

JWH-081

JWH-122

JWH-200

JWH-203

JWH-398

PB-22

RCS-4/SR-19

RCS-8/SR-18

THJ-2201

UR-144

XLR-11

 

Well, as history has shown, a new synthetic cannabinoid will now reign supreme and we'll still continue to see hospitalizations and potential fatalities. And rest assured, it'll be a substance with unknown pharmacology and toxicology.

 

Next research chemical up!

 

My vote is for 5F-AMB.

 

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