Here in Oklahoma, we have to buy items like Sudafed back at the Pharmacy and sign for the item -- one to a customer! Our legislature took that tactic in trying to reduce this drug ingredient that the criminals use for meth labs. It is a pain but worth it if it puts a dent in the meth labs.
More sacrifices on the part of the average Joe, for a WoD that the govenrment doesn't even take seriously, and doesn't have the authority to pursue if it did.
Will we see the day when meth addicts lobby for legislation to permit the importation of sudafed from Canada?
That's a good busy-body government type for you. Stand back while we make the world safe. Sheesh, and he's a Republican too.
All this will do is make the meth lab chemists do is find another source for chems needed.
Man these people just love controlling other peoples lives. Is it so hard to find decent leaders to elect?
I know it is. We have Bush as our president and he is actually the republican candidate.
/john
I believe they should make all drugs over the counter, and just have information packets sold with the medications.
I hate taking my kids to the damned Doctor just to get a prescription for something like an ear infection, when we know what's wrong with them.
The drug war has failed. Time to move on. Maybe even reinstate the Bill of Rights, but let's not get too crazy all at once.
Pseudoephedrine is (IMHO) of questionable value anyway. I took that crap for years due to sinus problems that defied any and all solutions.
I took Sudafed (or any generic equivalent) to open up the nasal passages, which helped me breathe, but it also caused terrible drainage into my throat, which meant that upon awakening, I found my sinus starting to open up, but my throat was damn near blocked. Very scary sensation. Went to a ear/nose/throat specialist who told me I had sinus problems (DUH) combined with sleep apnea. Wanted me to spend the rest of my life on a night-time breathing machine. I said 'uh uh'.
ANYway. I stopped taking the pseudoephedrine compounds, started taking Olive Leaf Extract combined with large amounts of Vitamin C, E and B-50. Within a few months my sinus were like brand new, I haven't taken a Sudafed since, once in a while I get some congestion from dust, ragweed, etc., and one Benadryl will clear that right up.
So I wouldn't miss Sudafed one bit. And if it put the meth and crank dealers out of business, all the better. I still chafe at the idea however, that this is one more example of government 'protecting us from ourselves'.
I wonder how high the profit margin is to gearup, fund the manpower and enforce newly illegalized drugs? Gov't doesn't just absorb costs quietly and have basically allowed the enforcement agencies to become agencies for profit.
This extremely dangerous approach to law enforcement has been accepted as normal for way too many decades. Legal or illegal is another argument. 'For Profit' has become the argument on both sides of drug laws.
Curing a problem, ending a cycle, turning the page, always includes a visit to the unemployment line. Until that problem is fixed, hide the aspirin, that's next.
IMHO :-)
this is just plain stupid. This over the counter drug works great when you have a cold, especially the 24hr version.
This is the nanny state in action. Anything that might possibly hurt you should be prohibited, HOWEVER IF THESE POLITICIANS NEED THIS DRUG THEY WILL BE ABLE TO GET IT. Remember how the congress critters all were able to get cipro for anthrax?
I think it's a good idea. Crystal Meth destroys lives. I'd be willing to buy my sudafed one packet at a time. I have no doubt it helps, why else would these folks be driving to Texas?
I wonder if the general public would realize that inconveniencing people like this with some tar, feathers, and a free ride out of town on a rail is a public service?
(My first reaction is to tar, feather, and tie them to a rail track, but why be violent?)
The aim is to prevent mass purchases of legal cold remedies with pseudoephedrine to cook meth. Under legislation adopted in a number of states, including California, the allowed limit is 9 grams. Obviously that's more than most people use to fight off a winter cold. When you consider meth addicts buy thousands of cold pills to cook the drug, any restriction's helpful. And meth labs are toxic waste dumps that have to cleaned up with costs running into the thousands of dollars. States that have imposed tough purchase rules have seen the number of meth lab raids fall by over 80%. Something to think about in a problem in which taxpayers ultimately end up footing the tab.