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« Reply #15 on: January 01, 2008, 03:20:22 PM »

Sounds like one of those government programs that does as much at stopping meth production  as being forced to take your shoes off at the airport stops terrorism.
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« Reply #16 on: January 01, 2008, 05:45:15 PM »

Sounds like one of those government programs that does as much at stopping meth production  as being forced to take your shoes off at the airport stops terrorism.

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« Reply #17 on: January 01, 2008, 06:22:43 PM »

The laws are stupid. You will NEVER curtail anything...only make it a bigger money situation for all involved. The big time drug dealers will start paying big money to drug stores or truckers to deliver the goods via black market,making it a big money biz instead of the moonshine operation it is.
 Legalizing meth won't help. We're not talking pot here,or even herion. Pot makes you goofy. Herion makes you  a vegtable. Meth turns you into a high strung,violent,paronoid idiot. It's DANGEROUS. And the makers need to be s**t canned HARD.
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« Reply #18 on: January 02, 2008, 10:15:42 PM »

All it is is the illusion of the government that they are taking care of something when they aren't at all. Typical.
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« Reply #19 on: January 03, 2008, 10:09:27 AM »

the more I ask people about this, the more and more clear it is that i underestimated the general hostility to this policy. 


as my olders ister said " they treat you like a criminal even if it is for the kids and the other stuff doesn't work!"

not exactly a ringing endorsement of this seemingly innocous component of the drug war.
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« Reply #20 on: January 03, 2008, 12:12:53 PM »


not exactly a ringing endorsement of this seemingly innocous component of the drug war.


Perhaps it is my cynicism showing again, but I doubt there is any component to the current drug war that is innocuous.

The whole thing is now premised on making money for the law enforcement agencies.  The siezure laws have ensured that.  If foolproof, inarguable evidence were discovered tomorrow that society would greatly benefit from halting all drug enforcement, it would not happen.  The city, county and federal governments will probably never let that cash cow die.

As I think about it, it is an interesting form of income redistribution.  Users of all walks of life funnel money to the dealers who in turn get it to the smugglers/producers.  The LEA's come in and sieze assets so that once-private money is now part of the public trough. And the whole time all this is going on, the politicians get to scream "we did something, we siezed 20 million in drug assets this past year."

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« Reply #21 on: January 13, 2008, 02:50:34 PM »

i have allergic asthma,so during allergy season i take product called bronk-aid.this contains REAL,not psuedo,ephedrine.how come it's still on the shelf?actually,that can be said for most asthma meds,they are on the shelf,but allergy meds are behind the counter,even though the primary ingredient is a form of ephedrine.so,what,the drug cookers don't know this?or is it the enforcers who don't know it?or,is it a way to keep the drug trade going?an intriguing thought....
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« Reply #22 on: January 21, 2008, 08:37:31 PM »

I don't usually by Sudafed or medications like that because I don't have a need for them.  But I did hear something about this a while back.

One day I got such a bad head cold, I couldn't function, so I bought some to see if it worked.  It dried my head out so badly, I couldn't swallow  *lol*

When I checked the packet, it said it doesn't have pseudoephedrine in it anymore, but something similar that can't be used for meth production.  Not being a chemist, I don't know if that's actually true.  But I did get a grilling from the pharmacist and he asked me all these questions, which I don't remember now.  And it was insanely expensive as well.

After that, I decided I wasn't going to take the drug any more and I'd just tough it out with hot tea and aspirin.

I think it's smacks of overkill by the govt though.  Taking these measures won't stop the determined drug chef.  But I'm not sure what measures could be taken to ensure the genuinely sick get what they need.  Legalisation with govt control? Doctor's prescriptions? Showing up sick at the pharmacy?

It's a tricky one for sure.
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