Saturday, April 30, 2005
The New Plague
Dianne Feinstein and Jim Talent have an article addressing ways to slow the production of Methamphetamine (spotlight: RCP). This is an issue that hits close to home. The area I live in is being ravaged by this evil drug. I see more and more people in the office/hospital because of the effect of this menace.
I should say that I see creatures that were once people, but are now little more than paranoid homicidal sore ridden skeletons. Just two days ago my life was threatened by one addict when I refused to give him a certain drug he wanted.
The two Senators want to restrict the sale of pseudoephedrine, the active ingredient in Methampethamine:
- Move cold medicine containing pseudoephedrine behind the counter.
- Limit the amount one person can buy to 9 grams a month -- that's the equivalent of 300 30-milligram pills.
- Require purchasers to show identification and to sign for cold medication.
This will help, but it's not enough in my opinion. I think pseudoephedrine should be made a schedule II controlled drug like Dexedrine and morphine. Schedule II drugs can only be obtained by prescription from an MD with a DEA #. This way the drug can be tightly controlled and monitored by the DEA just like the other scheduled drugs are.
That, or outlaw the drug all together. What's a few more runny noses if it will end this pox for good?
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I should say that I see creatures that were once people, but are now little more than paranoid homicidal sore ridden skeletons. Just two days ago my life was threatened by one addict when I refused to give him a certain drug he wanted.
The two Senators want to restrict the sale of pseudoephedrine, the active ingredient in Methampethamine:
- Move cold medicine containing pseudoephedrine behind the counter.
- Limit the amount one person can buy to 9 grams a month -- that's the equivalent of 300 30-milligram pills.
- Require purchasers to show identification and to sign for cold medication.
This will help, but it's not enough in my opinion. I think pseudoephedrine should be made a schedule II controlled drug like Dexedrine and morphine. Schedule II drugs can only be obtained by prescription from an MD with a DEA #. This way the drug can be tightly controlled and monitored by the DEA just like the other scheduled drugs are.
That, or outlaw the drug all together. What's a few more runny noses if it will end this pox for good?
# posted by Joe Florida @ 10:12 AM 
