It joins heroin and LSD as a so-called Schedule 1 drug.
The only state that has passed a law making pseudoephedrine a Schedule 5 drug is Oklahoma.
A Schedule 1 drug is a drug with a high potential for abuse, no accepted medical use, and "a lack of accepted safety for use.
There are no special controls on Schedule 4 drugs.
Under certain circumstances, Parties are required to limit Schedule IV drugs to research purposes only:
For doctors to prescribe marijuana legally, it has to be reclassified as a Schedule II drug.
Pot is considered a Schedule II drug.
Prescriptions for Schedule IV drugs may be refilled up to five times within a six-month period.
Include drugs subject to the same prescription requirements as Schedule 2 drugs, but without the requirement to maintain registers.
Article 2 provides for the following, in reference to Schedule IV drugs:
