Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear announced on Monday that bromazolam, also known as "Designer Xanax," received an emergency designation as a Schedule I controlled substance.

Kentucky designated "bromazolam" as a Schedule 1 controlled substance as Gov. Andy Beshear also led a push to have it designated similarly at the federal level.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear took emergency action Monday to ban the sale of "designer Xanax," It poses a growing public health threat and is increasingly contributing to overdose deaths, the attorneys general said in a letter dated Monday to DEA Administrator Terry Cole.