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by subleq 2866 days ago
You have your schedules mixed up. All controlled substances have a potential for abuse. Schedule IV drugs only have a 'low' potential for abuse 'relative to the drugs or other substances in schedule III', not low overall. You could argue that it should be schedule III, but all controlled substances, regardless of their schedule, are more tightly controlled than any other unscheduled prescription-only drug.

Omeprazole is not a controlled substance and is OTC in the United States.

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https://www.health24.com/Medical/Meds-and-you/Medication/Ome...

You're right, the website that had showed up in google that I had used for my prilosec example is either incorrect or using some non-DEA scheduling sytem. I'll use another comparatively ridiculous example and re-edit my comments with the correction.