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US MS: PUB LTE: Regulation Won't Reduce Meth Labs

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URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v05/n222/a03.html
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Pubdate: Thu, 03 Feb 2005
Source: Hattiesburg American (MS)
Copyright: 2005 Hattiesburg American
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1646
Author: Len Marshall
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/meth.htm (Methamphetamine)

REGULATION WON'T REDUCE METH LABS

I have seen articles in the media about the government controlling the sale of over-the-counter cold medicines in order to control the production of methamphetamine.  The active ingredient in Sudafed is what they are using to manufacture this product.

I think by doing this they will create another item for the black market.  This will drive up the price of the product, and be an incentive for people to be even more discreet, while law-abiding citizens will be penalized and have to go through some type of regulatory garbage over a sniffle.

It always leads to blaming something other than the source.

Gun control will not alleviate murder, and Sudafed control will not alleviate meth labs.

This is the same principle as blaming misspelled words on a pencil.

Len Marshall,

Poplarville


MAP posted-by: Beth

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