http://www.metafilter.com/tags/pseudoephedrine Posts tagged with 'pseudoephedrine' at MetaFilter. Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:29:14 -0800 Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:29:14 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/80688/DEAs%2DGreatest%2DSuccess In May 1995, the American government's Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) made an attempt to disrupt the supply chain of methamphetamine precursors, such as pseudoephedrine, by shutting down two major suppliers of the precursors under authority granted by the Domestic Chemical Diversion Control Act. Was it successful? <a href="http://people.ucsc.edu/~cdobkin/Papers/Methamphetamine.pdf">Only temporarily</a>, according to new research by <a href="http://people.ucsc.edu/~cdobkin/">Carlos Dobkin</a> and <a href="https://www.rand.org/about/people/n/nicosia_nancy.html">Nancy Nicosia</a>. (<a href="http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2009/04/the-war-on-drugs.html">via</a>) tag:metafilter.com,2009:site.80688 Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:29:14 -0800 DEA drugs drugwar meth Methamphetamine pseudoephedrine warondrugs Pants! http://www.metafilter.com/55102/Cold%2Dmedicine%2Dto%2Dbe%2Drestricted%2Dstarting%2Dthis%2Dweekend Feeling sick and thinking of buying over-the-counter cold medicine like Sudafed or Claritin-D? Be prepared to wait in line at the pharmacy counter, show a photo ID, and sign a log book. The <a href="http://www.fda.gov/cder/news/methamphetamine.htm">nationwide restriction</a> of medication containing pseudoephedrine or ephedrine begins this weekend. Why? Those 2 ingredients are used to make <a href="http://www.streetdrugs.org/methlabs.htm">meth</a>.. (NPR audio <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6145775">piece</a>). tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.55102 Wed, 27 Sep 2006 10:20:49 -0800 ephedrine fda meth methamphetimine overthecounter pseudoephedrine jaimev http://www.metafilter.com/49258/%3FEven%2Dif%2Dit%2Ddoesnt%2Dreduce%2Dthe%2Dnumber%2Dof%2Dmeth%2Daddicts%2Dby%2Deven%2Done%2Dstopping%2Dthe%2Dlabs%2Dis%2Da%2Dhuge%2Dplus%3F <a href="http://sineoff.com/">Sine-Off</a> is the first brand of cold, flu and sinus congestion medicine to completely reformulate and remove <a href="http://www.macon.com/mld/macon/13890184.htm" title="Buyers would need to show photo identification and sign a logbook.">pseudoephedrine</a>, the key ingredient needed to make Crystal Meth. tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.49258 Thu, 16 Feb 2006 18:17:59 -0800 crystalmeth drugs law meth newsfilter pharmaceuticals pseudoephedrine sine-off sudafed ijoshua