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: