Schedules of controlled substances: placement of Zopiclone into schedule IV. Final rule.

With the issuance of this final rule, the Deputy Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) places the substance, zopiclone, including its salts, isomers and salts of isomers into Schedule IV of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). As a result of this rule, the regulatory controls and criminal sanctions of Schedule IV will be applicable to the manufacture, distribution, dispensing, importation and exportation of zopiclone and products containing zopiclone.