Fentanyl-related substance is defined by structural relation to fentanyl
What the document says“``(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), except as provided in paragraph (3), the term `fentanyl-related substance' means any substance that is structurally related to fentanyl by 1 or more of the following modifications:”
The definition that carries the rest of the entry. A fentanyl-related substance is any substance structurally related to fentanyl by one or more of the five modifications the paragraph then lists, subject to the exceptions in paragraph (3). Section 6 of this Act gives the same meaning to the term in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802).
What the document actually says“``(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), except as provided in paragraph (3), the term `fentanyl-related substance' means any substance that is structurally related to fentanyl by 1 or more of the following modifications:”
Here is what the group means. A drug is in it if it is built like fentanyl. It must differ by one or more of the changes listed next.
A drug can be built with small changes to it. The new build may have no name of its own. This rule catches it by naming the changes.
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