Reply #9: Sudafed is not being discontinued

[abluegirl]

It's just another option.

I live in the county that was #2 nationally in the number of meth labs busted last year. We just enacted an ordinance to limit the purchase of pseudoephedrine-containing products and are requiring retailers to have a permit to sell such products. In addition, customers will have to show ID when purchasing.

The ordinance was created with the input of law enforcement and retailers and will not prohibit people from buying reasonable amounts of Sudafed.

What it will do is allow law enforcement to track those who are going from retailer to retailer to buy the maximum amount with the intent to make meth.

Meth is an epidemic and is destroying our community on many levels, from manufacturers who are seeing a huge increase in drug test fails because of meth, to 80% of our jail population incarcerated for meth, to a 400% increase in number of children removed from homes because of meth, to the increased number of fires being cause by meth lab explosions which are very expensive to clean-up.