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Yes, well, isn't that what they're elected to do?
Isn't that the truth.
you got that right. Years ago when pseudoephedrine was made available OTC it was a huge financial relief for my family. Instead of having to run to the DR. everytime somebodies allergies acted up we could get the medicine from the drugstore and in most cases long before the allergy got out of control! No long waits to see the dr. or at the pharmacy, no raging allergies or sinusitis, no resulting sinus infections due to severity...those few have just made my life go back to the miserable side again!
There goes Sudafed, NyQuil, DayQuil, Advil Cold/Sinus, most Cold medicines....et al.
Bill is being fought by the ADA and dentists state wide.
I brought the upcoming vote on this issue with a major "Tweaker". She said, "No problem, the cooks will just come up with another way to make it." It's a stupid law to appease the majority of ignorant tax payers. The State of Oregon bites the big one....
There should be some kind of committee in every state, made up of an anonymous citizen panel (to reduce special interest tampering) with access to specialized experts. This committee's sole purpose shall be to examine each new law passed by the legislature for the first five years after its enactment. They will examine the impact of the law, the cost of the law, whether or not the law had the desired impact, and any negative effects from the law. They can present their findings to the legislature in an advisory role. The findings should also be released to the public.
If after being confronted with a bad law, the legislature chooses not to act where action is demanded, then those with interest can take up the matter in the public sphere. Some smart politician will run on it. It's always fun to go after bad laws, and it just isn't done enough.
Five years from now, who will determine if this new law in Oregon will really have done anything to lower meth use? I believe that there will not be ONE fewer meth addict as a result of this legislation. Not ONE. It's going to cause a lot of hassle to a whole lot of people, most significantly, doctors and sick people. It's going to cost money. It's going to cause trouble for the health insurance companies too, who will have to approve these myriad new prescriptions like they approve all others. But who is going to stick around and watch this, and who is going to let the people know? Who holds the legislature responsible for a bad law?
As usual, people will eventually get used to all of the hassle, costs and prices will go up, and few will remember the cause of all the hassle.
Thus the anti-freedom Nazis must ruin it for everyone. A prescription for OVER THE DANGED COUNTER cold medicine? IT's bad enough that we now have to get the little tag from the medicine isle and take it to the pharmacy counter.
It's OTC for a reason -
I guess we need to start automatically burning down all meth houses and appartments. All those convicted of producing meth should be immediately sentenced to the firing squad (or to be hanged). I'm sick of this mess. I know there are those here who defend the "right" to illegal drugs - but anyone who thinks meth is A-OK for ANYONE should be shot as well. I have seen way too many lives destroyed by meth - and it's not because of the WOD - it's because the drug is that insidious.
It's time we take our rights back - and punish those who would cause us to loose those rights.
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The Tylenol killer makes my life far more miserable on a daily basis than any meth chemist.
Oregon government is collectively so corrupt and stupid it's hard to know where to start on some of these bills they come up with.
The one common denominator of liberalism is to protect criminals and punish innocent citizens.
We live in California, and last week, my wife and I discussed this terrible law with a local pharmacist with relatives, who are pharmacists in Oregon.
They all feel that this is a terrible law. Apparently even compounds like Nyquil and Dayquil will now require an rx.
They estimate that an Rx cost for a 5 to 7 day supply of these simple products will be in the $20 to $30 range. Of course no RX plans will cover the cost of an over the counter drug.
Then add the cost of the visit to see the MD. These Oregon Pharmacists see the cost of a visit and a week of drug costing up to $100.
There are rumors that there will be no refills and a strict limit of about a week's supply on the refills.
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) - A bill passed by lawmakers on Saturday would make Oregon the first U.S. state to require a doctor's prescription for cold medicines containing an ingredient that can be used to make the illegal drug methamphetamine.
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I think this blows. Why "again" should a messed up irresponsible, criminalistic minority ruin it for millions of minor allergy/cold sufferers. I think states should keep it the way they have it now, the higher end medicines behind the counter and one box of each brand of the cheaper medicines on the shelf. Besides I heard last week a pharmiceutical company is changing the ingredients so the ingredients used in meth will no longer be available.
Not to mention effectively requiring doctors to enforce non-medical regulations. Meth is awful stuff ... but these hysterical responses are getting out of hand.
Remember the recent brouhaha when they made that allegy drug (Allegra, Claritin?) over-the-counter and thus not covered by insurance?
They will just go to California, Idaho, and Washington. Or easier yet buy from the Mexican Mafia, there are lots of them.
Libertarian ping.To be added or removed from my ping list freepmail me or post a message hereThey also said Oklahoma passed a similar law (don't know when) and it had reduced the amount of meth labs by 50%.