Who moved my sudafed? annotation

Gorman, Christine. " Who Moved My Sudafed?"
Time. New york, October 9, 2006. Vol. 168 Iss. 15; pg. 81
(database: Gold Periodicals)

allergy sufferers will find it harder to obtain their stuffy nose relief because of popular cold medications going behind the counter. companies have switched out pseudoephedrine, which is the leading ingredient in methamphedamine, to a different, less effective ingredient called phenylephrine. this ingredient is the same as a placebo at relieving stuffy noses. because it has a hard time getting to the blood stream. many companies switch to phenylephrine to keep their products on the shelves.

Methamphetamine Fear Cuts Cold-pill Access Annotation

Parker, Molly. "Methamphetamine Fear Cuts Cold-Pill Access"
Chicago Tribune (KRT), February 2, 2004, <>

stores such as Walgreens, dominicks, jewel-osco, walmart, and cvs, are all among big companies who have cracked down on sudafed sales across the nation. aimed at cutting back the thefts of pseudoephedrine products. needed to be put behind the counter to limit "smurfs" access to stealing the medication containing pseudoephedrine. smurfs are people hired to get products for meth cooks. someone can get high off of 1/3 of a gram of meth but may use more to keep the high going for days. "putting them behind the counter really hurts access of consumers to the product." -Jay Kosminsky, spokesman of Pfizer, maker of sudafed. some people believe that education NOT legislation is how we are going to stop the problem. crackdown lead to a higher amount of smurf thefts. this alone will not hinder the making of meth.

senate measure targets meth use, production

Brogan, Pamela "Senate Measure Targets Meth Use, Production"
Gannett news service, march 2 2006,

in washington meth makers and abusers will have a hard time making it under the new law.
bush is expected to sign this. this measure limits the sale of cold medicines that include the ingredient pseudoephedrine, which is the main ingredient in meth. buyers are limited to only 3.6 grams (120 pills) per day. or 300 per month. also have to show id and sign it out. also gives state/local law enforcement 119$ million a year to combat this. stiffer penalties. one lab bust revealed a dead baby in a duffel bag. more than 35 states have already limited the sale of pseudoephedrine. oregon is the toughest on this. missouri had the top meth problem in the nation. people say it is a problem and epidemic. and the feds need to do something.

Treating Sniffles With A Jail Term Annotation

the act of people abusing drugs is never going to end. people will just find new drugs to replace the ones that are restricted. pseudophedrine, and ingredient used in decongestants, has been recently used in meth.

Sudafed Clampdown Annotation

Jacob sullum talks about pseudophedrine restrictions in certain states. pseudophedrine is the new drug that has recently been an ingredient in the production of methanphedamine. people opposed to the restrictions on the purchase of such medication say, the meth cooks can just buy what they need from states with less restrictions. the most stuff that meth cooks get comes from buying in bulk in mexico, rather than pharmacys. ted kulongoski says the only way to stop the sale is to track the sales. drug trafficers find new drugs all the time. if you get rid of one.. its only a matter of time till they find another one.

outline

Introduction
-Attention getter-people with runny noses with have more trouble getting their medication than they hoped for. the senate has passed a law that put cold medications such as SudaFed and more, behind the counter of pharmacys. you no longer can run to the store and just pick up a box of sudafed off the shelf. you now have to wait in a line at the counter.
-preview-reason for the recent stashing of cold medications is that the ingredient pseudophedrine (which is used as a decongestant) has been used in the making of the drug meth. statistics have shown that meth lab busts have lowered in number since the cold medicine has been put behind the counter. experts have argued however, that it isnt having an effect on the production of meth, and the general public has complained about the inconvenience of having to wait in a line to get simple sniffle medication.
-thesis- meth lab investigations proved that certain cold medications aid in the making of the drug methanphetamine.

Body
-topic sentence-cold medications like sudafed have the ingredient pseudophedrine, which has been found to be used in the making of methanphedamine.
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Cold Pill Crackdown Annotation

Margot Roosevelt."Cold-Pill Crackdown, to fight the meth epidemic,
states go after legal sniffle remedies at the corner drugstore."
Time incorperated Feb. 7, 2005 Vol. 165, No. 6 pp. 56-57

in this article, margot roosevelt explains specific instances where consumers abuse the decongestant pseudoephedrine in medications such as sudafed. people have found out that they can use the ingredients in such medince to create the drug, methamphetamine. since such cases were found and an overwhelming amount of meth busts had been made, officials in most states have ordered that those medicines containing pseudoephedrine be put behind the counter.