Overview

• Gov. Andy Beshear signed an emergency regulation placing bromazolam in Kentucky’s Schedule I, making sales and possession arrestable offenses effective immediately.
• Attorney General Russell Coleman is leading 21 attorneys general in a letter to DEA Administrator Terry Cole seeking emergency federal action against the drug.
• State officials say bromazolam was detected in nearly 50 overdose deaths in Kentucky in 2024, with counterfeit pills and variable potency heightening risk.
• The coalition warns the unscheduled status at the federal level hampers interdiction and prosecution, particularly when the drug is mixed with opioids or other depressants.
• Several states, including Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Virginia and West Virginia, have already classified bromazolam as Schedule I at the state level.