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master_crab11/08/20244 repliesview on HN

Back to Pseudoephedrine! It's behind the counter at your local pharmacist.


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PittleyDunkin11/08/2024

I was denied this the last time I tried to buy it and the pharmacist couldn't even tell me why aside from "the system won't let me". I went to a different chain a half mile away and walked out with a month's supply of the stuff. Hilariously incompetently-designed regulation.

Meanwhile meth making is more efficient, cheaper, and delivers purer-grade glass than ever.

adrr11/08/2024

Most worthless law. Now i have to wait in line for 10 minutes to get it and yet meth is still widely available and usage actually increased. Did nothing except shift manufacturing to outside of the US.

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bsder11/08/2024

Unfortunately there is an absurdly low limit on purchasing amount in the US.

In addition, I can't seem to find the 24 hour versions anywhere right now. I could probably buy meth more conveniently. :(

Cue: "A Simple and Convenient Synthesis of Pseudoephedrine From N-Methylamphetamine" https://improbable.com/airchives/paperair/volume19/v19i3/Pse...

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yellowapple11/08/2024

Or just straight ephedrine, which is also behind the counter at your local pharmacist (brand name Bronkaid).