DRCNet Response to the
Drug Enforcement Administration

Schedule III

• The drug or other substance has a potential for abuse less than the drugs or othe substances in Schedules I and II.
• The drug or other substance has a currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States.
• Abuse of the drug or other substance may lead to moderte or low physical dependence or high psychological dependence.
• Anabolic steroids, codeine and hydrocodone with aspirin or Tylenol, and some barbiturates are Schedule III substances.