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New tools escalate NC's battle against meth


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Maybe if they would quit wasting time and money putting people away for marijuana they could focus more attention to the hard stuff like Meth, Heroin and Coke that actually causes problems with society.
Click to view my profile wattsun
October 19, 2011 3:07 p.m.
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Breaking Bad!
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October 19, 2011 3:05 p.m.
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I agree with the sentiment that in a free society one ought to be able to purchase and consume any substance that they choose, but in the real world meth addicts are some of the least liberated people I've ever met and the only time they ever exercised free will was the first time they used.
Wingnut Central
October 19, 2011 1:43 p.m.
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Total waste of time and money. The so-called "war on drugs" is a joke.
golowral
October 19, 2011 1:25 p.m.
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Just to state the obvious, but drug companies are making cold meds out of raw ingredients. Even if you manage to restrict the sale of completed cold medicine, how long do you think it will take someone to figure out how to just copy the drug makers formulas?

You might think addicts are lazy, but they are incredibly industrious when it comes to figuring out how to get their fix.
bill0
October 19, 2011 1:17 p.m.
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Free people in a free country should be able to consume whatever substances they want. The problem here isn't pseudoephedrine, methamphetamine, meth labs, or meth users... the problem is the State of North Carolina and the US federal government, and this ill-conceived "war on drugs." A fracking national database for purchases of psuedoephedrine?!? Reatailers mandated to participate? Are you fracking kidding me? How is any of this compatible with the notion of a free country? **sigh**
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October 19, 2011 1:06 p.m.
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Just one more thing we have to go to the Dr to get. Another example of a few messing it up for all of us!!!
wisabear70
October 19, 2011 12:56 p.m.
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Why not make pseudofed a prescription drug?

Ammonium Nitrate can not be easily purchased anymore because there are people who use it to make bombs.

It's a worthless decongestant anyway.
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October 19, 2011 12:42 p.m.
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"If the law to register purchase does not stall the meth spread, Horn said lawmakers could consider making pseudoephedrine a prescription drug again for the first time since 1976."

So, basically, those of us who aren't making meth are going to have to go to the doctor for a script every time a cold or allergy flair up hits?! Brilliant. What a country.
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October 19, 2011 12:31 p.m.
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davidgnews, dextromethamphetamine = methamphetamine, it's not even a "cousin." There is an "R" and "S" form of the meth As you said, the R-form is used for ADHD and the S-form is also in decongestants! carrboroyouth

Sounds like you need to do a little fact checking there...
cucamelsmd15
October 19, 2011 11:34 a.m.
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