[DuckFan4ever]

Mexican superlabs can have the 35% of the market the US produces. I'll be glad to have these meth houses out of our neighborhoods.

[noiseman]

The pervasiveness of the meth problem just amazes me. In just a couple of years or so, we have gone from rarely hearing of such a thing, to seeing raids on labs on an almost daily basis. Just another sign of the continued corrosion of our culture, I'm afraid.

[A Jovial Cad]

I remember when they passed the law here in Oklahoma putting the medications that contained this stuff behind the counter. They also make a person sign for it now, if I recall correctly.

I was skeptical at first, but from what I've heard it's made a real dent in the meth problem around here, and that's all for the good. I watched an eye-opening documentary about the effects of meth on a small town on one of the subscription channels a while back (I can't remember which one), and that was one scary program.

[John Locke]

Drug companies are rushing to replace their pseudoephedrine-based products with the decongestant phenylephrine, which can not be made into methamphetamine

Well, not easily. But it can be made into phenylethylamine (C6H5-CH2-NH-CH3), the precurser of many interesting substances, from mescaline to MDA. Never underestimate human ingenuity.

[nyconse]

Georgia now requires pharmacies to put any cold pills containing ingredients that could be used by meth labs behind the counter. There is a limit how many you can buy and I think you have to show identification. I never use this stuff. I prefer holistic products like zicam which works great by the way.

[ikka]

Is the new stuff as good as the old stuff? I can see myself stocking up before the new stuff ends up in Sudafed Sinus/Allergy.

[sweetliberty]

Dream on. They'll just come up with more "creative" methods and more toxic ingredients to achieve the same results. Eventually the WOD will be stepped up to prevent ordinary citizens from obtaining such common household items as bleach and aspirin because somebody might invent a way to use them to manufacture meth, or some equally "evil" substance.

[Bones75]

All pointless. Probably sincere intentions but absolutely pointless.

[Age of Reason]

Legalize drugs and let the sanitation department haul unconscious addicts off our streets and to the dump.