HB 5834 Summary

• Adds xylazine to Michigan's controlled substance laws by defining "illicit use" of xylazine and "licit use" limited to approved veterinary drugs, pharmaceutical compounding, and FDA-authorized uses.

• Makes manufacturing, delivering, or possessing xylazine for illicit use a felony punishable by up to 5 years imprisonment or $15,000 fine.

• Makes possessing xylazine for illicit use a felony punishable by up to 5 years imprisonment or $15,000 fine.

• Prohibits practitioners from dispensing, prescribing, or administering xylazine except for licit uses and makes fraudulently obtaining xylazine a felony with enhanced penalties up to 5 years imprisonment or $15,000 fine when xylazine is involved.

• Expands drug paraphernalia definitions to include equipment designed for illicit xylazine use and increases penalties for selling paraphernalia designed for xylazine to up to 5 years imprisonment or $15,000 fine; makes selling such paraphernalia to minors a separate misdemeanor.