THE American DEA consider "narcotic" to be synonymous with "opioid": https://www.mcieast.marines.mil/Portals/33/Documents/Safety/Abuse/Narcotics.pdf https://www

THE American DEA consider "narcotic" to be synonymous with "opioid": https://www.mcieast.marines.mil/Portals/33/Documents/Safety/Abuse/Narcotics.pdf https://www.mcieast.marines.mil/Portals/33/Documents/Safety/... However, the term does come up with other meanings. The international narcotics control board (UN) deems opioids as narcotics, but also cannabis and cocaine: https://www.incb.org/incb/en/narcotic-drugs/index.html https://www.incb.org/incb/en/narcotic-drugs/index.html But typically amphetamines are not classified as narcotics, even though you could argue they are based on dictionary definitions, i.e. "a drug (such as marijuana or LSD) subject to restriction similar to that of addictive narcotics whether physiologically addictive and narcotic or not" https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/narcotic https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/narcotic