Schedule II pharmaceuticals do have therapeutic use and can be prescribed. Drugs with no therapeutic use are Schedule I.
The sum total of legally manufactured PCP [slang] was slightly more than 2/3’s of an oz for 2014 [so far, link in other post]. Indicates to those interested in particulars that it really isn’t a prescription drug.
So while the original posted article the OP posted may have been technically true when it said ‘prescription drug’ it was most certainly being disingenuous in order to cast the Cops in the most damaging scenario.
IMHO, that was totally unnecessary and poor journalism and flirts with being propaganda. Just the mere fact of forcing them to leave the dog alone and pretty well much blind was enough to turn my stomach.
.