Bleah. Sure, let's ban a nice innocuous substance with thousands of non-drug-related uses so that we can encourage the dealers to make crack cocaine out of such harmless-to-ingest things as ammonia. Nice going.
Well, yes. The goal of these laws is to reduce drug usage. Making 'em into a game of Russian Roulette is one way of accomplishing that...it really doesn't make any difference to the War On Drugs people whether this law drives the manufacturers out of business, convinces people to Just Say No due to the increased risks, or kills off the customer base. Any of those outcomes furthers the goal, after all, yes? Besides, it's not as though the *$@# drugheads are any kind of Decent People(tm); if they die, no biggie. *sigh*
It *might* be a joke. If I were a legistator who wanted to draw attention to the stupidity of the pseudoephedrine law and possibly get it repealed, I might push for a similar law (or series of laws) using the same rationale but which would inconvenience a great many more people.
But I suspect the guy is for real, and heartened by the "success" of the existing pseudoephedredrine regulations.
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Date: 2007-04-06 03:26 pm (UTC)But I suspect the guy is for real, and heartened by the "success" of the existing pseudoephedredrine regulations.