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To: SandRat

Here is an idea on how to regulate such items as these Tracfones..

Some Cold Medicines Move Behind Counter

By Linda Bren

Some over-the-counter (OTC) cold and allergy medicines are being moved behind the counter at pharmacies nationwide as part of the fight against illegal drug production.

Under the Patriot Act signed by President Bush on March 9, 2006, all drug products that contain the ingredient pseudoephedrine must be kept behind the pharmacy counter and must be sold in limited quantities to consumers after they show identification and sign a logbook.

Pseudoephedrine is a drug found in both OTC and prescription products used to relieve nasal or sinus congestion caused by the common cold, sinusitis, hay fever, and other respiratory allergies. The drug is also a key ingredient in making methamphetamine--a powerful, highly addictive stimulant often produced illegally by "meth cooks" in home laboratories.

http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2006/406_meth.html


48 posted on 08/14/2006 7:18:44 PM PDT by Bubble Girl
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To: Bubble Girl
Under the Patriot Act signed by President Bush on March 9, 2006, all drug products that contain the ingredient pseudoephedrine must be kept behind the pharmacy counter...

I'm feeling more patriotic already.

63 posted on 08/14/2006 7:27:10 PM PDT by Minutemen ("It's a Religion of Peace")
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