Learn About The Law
Get help with your legal needs
FindLaw’s Learn About the Law features thousands of informational articles to help you understand your options. And if you’re ready to hire an attorney, find one in your area who can help.
Current as of January 01, 2026 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) The controlled substances listed in this section are included in Schedule IV.
(b) Any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following substances having a potential for abuse associated with a depressant effect on the central nervous system:
(1) Barbital;
(2) Chloral betaine;
(3) Chloral hydrate;
(4) Ethchlorvynol;
(5) Ethinamate;
(6) Methohexital;
(7) Meprobamate;
(8) Methylphenobarbital;
(9) Paraldehyde;
(10) Petrichloral;
(11) Phenobarbital;
(12) Mebutamate; and
(13) Zolpidem.
(c) The Secretary may except by rule any compound, mixture, or preparation containing any depressant substance listed in subsection (b) or subsection (l) of this section from the application of all or any part of this chapter if the compound, mixture, or preparation contains 1 or more active medicinal ingredients not having a depressant effect on the central nervous system and if the admixtures are included therein in combinations, quantities, proportions, or concentrations that vitiate the potential for abuse of the substances which have a depressant effect on the central nervous system.
(d) Fenfluramine.
(e) Dextropropoxyphene, and any compound, mixture or preparation which contains any of this substance, including its salts.
(f) Phentermine and any compound, mixture or preparation which contains any of this substance, including its salts.
(g) Pentazocine, and any material, compound, mixture or preparation which contains any of this substance.
(h) Diethylpropion.
(i) Pemoline (including organometallic complexes and chelates thereof).
(j) A compound mixture or preparation containing not more than 1 milligram of Difenoxin and not less than 25 micrograms of Atropine Sulfate per dosage unit.
(k) Mazindol.
(l) Any material, compound, mixture, or preparation that contains benzodiazepine, including all of the following:
(1) Adinazolam.
(2) Alprazolam.
(3) Brotizolam.
(4) Chlordiazepoxide.
(5) Clonazepam.
(6) Clonazolam.
(7) Clorazepate.
(8) Deschloroetizolam.
(9) Diazepam.
(10) Diclazepam.
(11) Etizolam.
(12) Flualprazolam.
(13) Flubromazepam.
(14) Flubromazolam.
(15) Flunitrazepam.
(16) Flunitrazolam.
(17) Flurazepam.
(18) Halazepam.
(19) Lorazepam.
(20) Meclonazepam.
(21) Metizolam.
(22) Midazolam.
(23) Nifoxipam.
(24) Nitrazolam.
(25) Oxazepam.
(26) Phenazepam.
(27) Prazepam.
(28) Pyrazolam.
(29) Temazepam.
(30) Triazolam.
(31) Quazepam.
(32) Zapizolam.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Delaware Code Title 16. Health and Safety § 4720. Schedule IV - last updated January 01, 2026 | https://codes.findlaw.com/de/title-16-health-and-safety/de-code-sect-16-4720/
FindLaw Codes may not reflect the most recent version of the law in your jurisdiction. Please verify the status of the code you are researching with the state legislature before relying on it for your legal needs.
A free source of state and federal court opinions, state laws, and the United States Code. For more information about the legal concepts addressed by these cases and statutes, visit FindLaw’s Learn About the Law.
Get help with your legal needs
FindLaw’s Learn About the Law features thousands of informational articles to help you understand your options. And if you’re ready to hire an attorney, find one in your area who can help.
Search our directory by legal issue
Enter information in one or both fields (Required)