Ranking the Risks
Video Transcribed: What does the drug schedule look like in Oklahoma? Hello, I’m Oklahoma lawyer Ty Smith with Wirth Law, and I’m here today to talk about this because it is important for you to know.
You may accidentally be in possession of what the state considers a dangerous substance and be completely oblivious to this. Okay. A follow-up also to that statement there, I’m just the messenger today. Don’t get in the comments, and don’t be talking about how this one shouldn’t even be on the schedule. That’s not what we’re here to talk about today. I’m here to inform you of the law. I’m telling you not to break the law. Okay.
That being said, Oklahoma puts drugs on a schedule of one to five, one being the most dangerous to the public, and five being the least. Typically, what these are based on is a justification for their use. The higher up on the schedule that you go, the least utility they have for public use and consumption, and then down, the punishments go with it too.
Let’s start with schedule one. Schedule one, these drugs are on this list because they have no accepted medical use and they have a high risk for abuse and addiction. These include heroin. This is LSD, this is MDMA, and yes, marijuana is on that. Okay.
Schedule two, these have a high potential for abuse and the same stuff as before, or schedule one I should say, but there are some accepted medical uses for it depending on the context. These include cocaine, hydrocodone, amphetamines, amphetamine like Adderall, and methadone.
Schedule three, these are moderate to low-risk of dependency drugs. Okay. This is steroids, Tylenol with codeine, and ketamine. This is artificial testosterone. That’s another one.
Schedule four, these have a low potential for abuse of independence. This is Xanax, Valium, Ambien, Tramadol.
Schedule five, these have the smallest potential for abuse and addiction and some of them are just on there because they may be a bit more of a precursor, but there still may be some addictive qualities. The biggest one I’ve seen is Robitussin AC is a Schedule five one. That’s really the only one of note that I’ve ever really heard of anyone getting busted before.
If this sounds like an area of the law that you want to talk more about and you’re more curious about, please feel free to talk to me about this. I would gladly speak to you about it. Once more, I’m Ty Smith, a criminal defense attorney in Oklahoma City. I’m at the oklahomacityattorney.com. You can call me at (405) 888-5400. I would love to speak to you about any of this stuff.
