Legal status in the United States The US government imposed tougher prescribing rules for hydrocodone in 2014, changing the drug from Schedule III to Schedule II. In 2011, hydrocodone products were involved in around 100,000 abuse-related emergency department visits in the United States, more than double the number in 2004.
legal status in the united states the us government imposed tougher prescribing rules for hydrocodone in 2014 changing the drug from schedule iii to schedule ii in 2011 hydrocodone products were involved in around 100000 abuse-related emergency department visits in the united states more than double the number in 2004