Substance Charts: United States and Canada

APPENDIX B Controlled Substance Charts: United States and Canada




















Drug Examples United States*
Heroin, LSD, peyote, marijuana, mescaline
Schedule I
• High abuse potential

• No currently accepted medical use

• No veterinary uses identified
Morphine and morphine derivatives and synthetic opioids. Drugs used in veterinary medicine include morphine, meperidine, etorphine, hydrocodone, hydromorphone, oxymorphone, codeine (in some forms), and pentobarbital.
Schedule II
• High abuse potential; potentially severe psychologic or physical dependence

• Currently accepted medical use but may be severely restricted

• Telephone orders to a pharmacy are allowed only in emergencies if written Rx follows promptly

• No refills allowed
Drugs used in veterinary medicine include anabolic steroids (stanozolol, oxymetholone, testosterone, methyltestosterone, boldenone, trenbolone), barbiturates (thiamylal, thiopental), opioids (burpenorphine and codeine in some forms), and ketamine and derivatives (ketamine and tiletamine + zolazepam).
Schedule III
• Abuse potential less than the drugs/substances in Schedules I and II; potentially moderate or low physical dependence or high psychologic dependence

• Currently accepted medical use

• Telephone orders to pharmacy permitted

• Veterinarian may authorize limited refills
Drugs used in veterinary medicine include opioids (butorphanol and pentazocine), benzodiazepines (diazepam, oxazepam, midazolam, clonazepam, clorazepate, and alprazolam), and phenobarbital
Schedule IV
• Abuse potential relative to drugs/substances in Schedule III; potentially limited to physical or psychologic dependence
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Jul 18, 2016 | Posted by in PHARMACOLOGY, TOXICOLOGY & THERAPEUTICS | Comments Off on Substance Charts: United States and Canada

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