alt Hacker NewsThe restrictions on purchasing pseudeophedrine should be repealed. Their imposition led methamphetamine manufacturers to switch to a more efficient process based on different ingredients. Purity and production volume increased substantially.
A repeal won't turn back the clock on that of course, but it will make life easier for people with congestion.
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Wasn't that literally the plot of Breaking Bad? Walt's meth was p2p meth.
> ...but it will make life easier for people with congestion
I haven't purchased pseudeophedrine, but my understanding was that you just walked up to the counter and had to sign your name at the pharmacy. Is that not the case? Doesn't seem like a big pain if that's the case.
Right, but would reopen the door to your random tweakers setting up shit labs in squats/rental properties and destroying property values.
That stuff's toxic AF even if the labs don't blow up.
I'm just as annoyed with the hurdles to buying real pseudoephedrine as anyone else, but let's not make the production of bathtub meth any easier. It is not worth it.
It was a real win/win. Tens of millions of people lost access to an effective drug in order to penalize maybe a few thousand that were using it as a precursor to making mamp.
But, hey, we beat street meth, right?