WASHINGTON -- The federal government announced Monday that it will regulate a chemical that can be used in the production of fentanyl, a powerful drug often combined with heroin and blamed in the deaths of more than 200 people in metro Detroit since late 2005.
The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy said the government will regulate the manufacture, importation, exportation and distribution of the chemical N-phenethyl-4-piperidone, also known as NPP.
Officials say NPP is a base chemical used in production of fentanyl in the United States and has been seen in several ...