Posted on 06/02/2009 10:01:51 PM PDT by Steelfish
Calif. bill would require Rx for cold pills
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
A crime-fighting bill moving through the California Legislature would force patients to get a doctor's prescription to buy a common remedy for stuffy noses.
The measure by Sen. Rod Wright, an Inglewood Democrat, would make it an infraction or misdemeanor to obtain ephedrine, pseudoephedrine or related drugs without a prescription.
Those are common ingredients in cold medicines, but they're also used to make illegal methamphetamine. Wright says he wants to get them out of drug dealers' hands.
But Sen. Sam Aanestad, an oral surgeon and Republican from Grass Valley, says prescriptions would boost the cost of a $4 bottle of nose spray to $40 or $50. He would rather limit the amount of medication one person can buy.
A 22-10 vote Tuesday sent the bill to the Assembly.
And I thought it stupid that I have to show my drivers license and sign for cold tablets.
I can tell you from experience it just makes getting a cold even more of a PITA, and it doesn't seem to have put even the slightest dent in the supply of meth or the number of meth dealers.
I thought that most of the meth came from Mexico these days where it is made in semi-industrial quantities. The thought of popping those little tiny pills out of their blister packs until you have enough to make meth is ridiculous.
Evidently not good enough....... gotta have a scrip.
...oh man. California...laughs...
The Walgreen’s brand I use, Wal-Phed, are behind the counter and I have to sign for them. They are the only ones that work for me. I’ve tried so many different brands, even Zyrtec, at $1.00 a pill.
It’s all about control!
Cold medicine is bad, but marijuana is good. Otay!
In dealing with any issue, the first inclination of any good collectivist, leftist, Democrat is to take freedoms away from law-abiding citizens. This is much easier than punishing criminals, and centralizes power in the hands of government.
Has it put a dent in the number of meth cooking operations?
We have done the "sign your name for cold pills" here in Minnesota and while I first thought the plan to be ridiculous, the number of meth cooking operations has almost fallen to nil.
At least the reports of manufacturing, that is.
When it comes to making life difficult for its citizens, California leads the way!
“...would make it an infraction or misdemeanor to obtain...”
Well, that’s a hard line, crime fighting bill, isn’t it? Especially when considered in the scheme of releasing those incarcerated for minor infractions or misdemeanors in order to reduce the cost to taxpayers for incarceration!
Bring back term limits legislation (crime fighting legislation 101)
gonna make tweaking more difficult...damn
Now this is just plain dumb.
I swear I can smell that through the screen
In California right now, there is a limit to how much pseudoephedrine you can buy in one day, so you can’t stock up on Dayquil when there is a sale. Also, the “good stuff” is behind the pharmacy counter at the grocery store. My pharmacist pulled me aside when she saw me buying the over-the-counter Sudafed and said I should be requesting the original if I want it to work. Personally, I think the mild mood altering effects of ephedra are a good thing. It’s like a rejuvenating cup of coffee, without the coffee breath! That’s pretty helpful if you are sick. I’m gonna miss that if a prescription is required.
lol
Doctor’s organizations just like teacher unions are mafias.
They just want to create monopolies for their memberships.
imagine having to aqualung that
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