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schedules.Originally posted by Shibby
Anyone know how they come up with this? Becuase I'm curious about why a pain killer mostly is a Schedule II where a muscle relaxer is a Schedule IV. Then marijauna is Schedule I.
Shibby,
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SCHEDULE I
A: Drug has no current accepted medical use.
B: Drug has a high potential for abuse.
Class examples: Heroin, Methaqualone, LSD, Peyote, Psilocybin, Marijuana, Hashish, Hash Oil, and various amphetamine variants.
SCHEDULE II
A: Drug has current accepted medical use.
B: Drug has high potential for abuse.
Class examples: Dilaudid, Demerol, Methadone, Cocaine, PCP, Morphine and certain cannibis, amphetamine, and barbiturates types .
SCHEDULE III
A: Drug has current accepted medical use.
B: Drug has medium potential for abuse.
Class examples: Opium, Vicodan, Tylenol w/codeine and other narcotic, amphetamine, and barbiturate types.
SCHEDULE IV
A: Drug has current accepted medical use.
B: Drug has low potential for abuse.
Class Examples: Darvocet, Xanax, Valium, Halcyon, Ambien, Ativan, and other barbiturate types.
SCHEDULE V
A: Drug has accepted medical use.
B: Drug has lowest potential for abuse.
Class examples: Lomotil, Phenergan, and liquid suspensions.
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Re: schedules
Low potential they say...whoever wrote this, never tried coming off a stint of xanax, or any other type of benzoOriginally posted by jack152
SCHEDULE IV
A: Drug has current accepted medical use.
B: Drug has low potential for abuse.
Class Examples: Darvocet, Xanax, Valium, Halcyon, Ambien, Ativan, and other barbiturate types.
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