List of Federal DEA
List I Chemicals
(per 21 CFR 1310.02(a))
Congress passed the Chemical Diversion and Trafficking Act (CDTA) in 1988 and subsequent amendments in 1993, placing under control 34 chemicals. These laws provide a system of regulatory controls and criminal sanctions to address both domestic and international diversion of important chemicals without interrupting access to chemicals destined for legitimate commerce. The CDTA created two categories for the controlled chemicals: List I & List II.
(1) Anthranilic acid, its esters, and its salts
(2) Benzyl cyanide
(3) Ephedrine, its salts, optical isomers, and salts of optical isomers
(4) Ergonovine and its salts
(5) Ergotamine and its salts
(6) N-Acetylanthranilic acid, its esters, and its salts
(7) Norpseudoephedrine, its salts, optical isomers, and salts of optical isomers
(8) Phenylacetic acid, its esters, and its salts
(9) Phenylpropanolamine, its salts, optical isomers, and salts of optical isomers
(10) Piperidine and its salts
(11) Pseudoephedrine, its salts, optical isomers, and salts of optical isomers
(12) 3,4-Methylenedioxyphenyl-2-propanone
(13) Methylamine and its salts
(14) Ethylamine and its salts
(15) Propionic anhydride
(16) Isosafrole
(17) Safrole
(18) Piperonal
(19) N-Methylephedrine, its salts, optical isomers, and salts of optical isomers (N-Methylephedrine)
(20) N-Methylpseudoephedrine, its salts, optical somers, and salts of optical isomers
