We have had some real changes in that war, if you will, in the last few days, when the FDA, after 10 years of pushing by DEA and Attorney General and me and others, finally upscheduled Vicodin and Lortab, hydrocodone opioid medicines, from Schedule III to Schedule II.
Rogers discusses the FDA's scheduling change for hydrocodone drugs as a victory against prescription drug abuse.
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