Comments on: A Sickness and an Update http://thedanexperiment.com/2006/04/28/a-sickness-and-an-update/ Life, Technology, Science, Skepticism Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:56:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Dan http://thedanexperiment.com/2006/04/28/a-sickness-and-an-update/comment-page-1/#comment-99 Dan Mon, 08 May 2006 01:05:42 +0000 http://www.thedanexperiment.com/2006/04/28/a-sickness-and-an-update/#comment-99 Thanks for the info. I'm sticking with Benadryl-D for bad days as I usually only need the nasal decongestant (Pseudoephedrine HCl) and sales aren't tracked. Thanks for the info. I’m sticking with Benadryl-D for bad days as I usually only need the nasal decongestant (Pseudoephedrine HCl) and sales aren’t tracked.

]]> By: Adoniram http://thedanexperiment.com/2006/04/28/a-sickness-and-an-update/comment-page-1/#comment-95 Adoniram Wed, 03 May 2006 16:45:41 +0000 http://www.thedanexperiment.com/2006/04/28/a-sickness-and-an-update/#comment-95 Dan, I've got an update for your quest. Apparently just recently a bill passed at the federal level to limit purchases of otc pseudoephedrine to 3.5 grams per day. Adam Dan, I’ve got an update for your quest. Apparently just recently a bill passed at the federal level to limit purchases of otc pseudoephedrine to 3.5 grams per day.

Adam

]]> By: Adoniram http://thedanexperiment.com/2006/04/28/a-sickness-and-an-update/comment-page-1/#comment-94 Adoniram Sat, 29 Apr 2006 02:01:20 +0000 http://www.thedanexperiment.com/2006/04/28/a-sickness-and-an-update/#comment-94 As far as I am aware, no such laws exist yet in the northeast. These "protection" actions have been undertaken without compulsion by independent businesses. Legislation to compel information gathering of consumers does exist in a number of states though, I know that at least New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona have such laws, as well as limitations of the amount that can be purchased per day per customer. Medline has some excellent research on the matter, particularly concerning the extremely low percentage that OTC purchases contribute to actual meth production. In fact, up until a few years ago, most of the pseudoephedrine used in U.S. produced Meth was smuggled in by the Columbian cartels (this is well documented by the DEA) who had contracts with international pharmecutical labs to produce it in mass quantities! As usual, the federal government has been short sighted in addressing the situation, and chose to address the symptoms rather than the underlying causes. There's also a really spectacular documentary on PBS kicking about regarding the Meth epidemic that's occuring in the western United States, and the utter lack of care in Washington D.C. because it isn't locally visible. Loratadine isn't the culprit, pseudo/ephedrine is, and as such, any purchases you make (Sudafed, CVS Generic Pseudoephedrine, etc) are probably so tracked. I've stopped buying it all together, and have just dealt with purchasing an extra box of tissues during my peak allergy season. I think it's a considerable waste of our tax money to submit law-abiding citizens to absurd regulations as a means of controlling meth production (which, of course, it doesn't). good luck Dan Adam As far as I am aware, no such laws exist yet in the northeast. These “protection” actions have been undertaken without compulsion by independent businesses. Legislation to compel information gathering of consumers does exist in a number of states though, I know that at least New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona have such laws, as well as limitations of the amount that can be purchased per day per customer.

Medline has some excellent research on the matter, particularly concerning the extremely low percentage that OTC purchases contribute to actual meth production. In fact, up until a few years ago, most of the pseudoephedrine used in U.S. produced Meth was smuggled in by the Columbian cartels (this is well documented by the DEA) who had contracts with international pharmecutical labs to produce it in mass quantities! As usual, the federal government has been short sighted in addressing the situation, and chose to address the symptoms rather than the underlying causes.

There’s also a really spectacular documentary on PBS kicking about regarding the Meth epidemic that’s occuring in the western United States, and the utter lack of care in Washington D.C. because it isn’t locally visible. Loratadine isn’t the culprit, pseudo/ephedrine is, and as such, any purchases you make (Sudafed, CVS Generic Pseudoephedrine, etc) are probably so tracked. I’ve stopped buying it all together, and have just dealt with purchasing an extra box of tissues during my peak allergy season.

I think it’s a considerable waste of our tax money to submit law-abiding citizens to absurd regulations as a means of controlling meth production (which, of course, it doesn’t).

good luck Dan

Adam

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