Pseudoephedrine, a drug commonly found in cold, flu and hayfever medication, will be reclassified from a class C to B2 controlled drug under the Misuse of Drugs Amendment Act (No 2) 2011 on Thursday.
Pharmacies will no longer stock bulk supplies of the drug and people will only be able to buy pseudoephedrine-based products using a prescription from their doctors.
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The amount of methamphetamine seized by Waikato police has quadrupled in the past year, making the haul the second-biggest in the country.So you could equivocate about what the stats mean but making it much harder for innocent users of pseudoephedrine to purchase the product hasn't curtailled the manufacture of methamphetamine.
The massive rise in busts of the notorious stimulant pushed the region's tally - $1.99 million - above Bay of Plenty and Counties Manukau police districts, which respectively netted $375,000 and $1.3m of "P", in the year to June 30.
Waitemata was the country's "crystal" capital where police seized 2962.9 grams.
Seizures of the highly addictive psychoactive stimulant are increasing in the Waikato, according to police seizure statistics released to the Waikato Times under the Official Information Act.
3 comments:
Another example of government curtailing individual freedom for no effect. Pseudoephedrine is the only medicine that enables someone to continue working effectively when afflicted with a heavy cold. The cost of this ineffectual measure to a self-employed person like myself is significant. This is dumb legislation, like most drug prohibitions.
One thing that does appear to have been curtailed is the number of chemist shop burglaries which had been becoming a major problem.
Nothing will change as long as the the bureaucracy is happy.
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