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Rule2026-08595

Specific Listing for Hexahydrocannabinol, A Currently Controlled Schedule I Substance

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Published
May 4, 2026
Effective
May 4, 2026

Issuing agencies

Justice DepartmentDrug Enforcement Administration

Abstract

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is establishing a specific listing and DEA Controlled Substances Code Number (drug code) for 6,6,9-trimethyl-3-pentyl-6a,7,8,9,10,10a-hexahydro-6H- benzo[c]chromen-1-ol (also known as hexahydrocannabinol, and HHC) in schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). Although hexahydrocannabinol is not specifically listed in schedule I of the CSA with its own unique drug code, it is a schedule I controlled substances in the United States under drug code 7370 because it meets the definition of tetrahydrocannabinols, a schedule I hallucinogen. Therefore, DEA is simply amending the schedule I hallucinogenic substances list to separately include hexahydrocannabinol.

Indexed from Federal Register on May 4, 2026.

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