DEA adds ‘Designer Xanax’ to nationwide ban after nearly 50 Kentucky deaths - WNKY News 40 Television

DEA adds ‘Designer Xanax’ to nationwide ban after nearly 50 Kentucky deaths - WNKY News 40 Television

FRANKFORT, Ky. – A drug that officials say has contributed to the deaths of nearly 50 Kentuckians is now nationally banned. According to a release by the Office of Attorney General Russell Coleman, this week, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration formally added bromazolam “to a federal schedule of controlled substances.” This designation allows law enforcement across the U.S. to crack down on the drug while increasing awareness of its potenti…