Enough Already Part I

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri House has narrowly endorsed legislation requiring prescriptions for some cold and allergy medicines containing a key ingredient in the illegal drug methamphetamine.

Missouri already requires pharmacies to keep nonprescription remedies containing the decongestant pseudoephedrine (soo-doh-eh-FEHD'-rihn) behind the counter. Buyers have to sign logs and can only purchase limited amounts at a time.

I understand meth is a problem.  A big problem.   The solution is not restricting law-abiding citizens.  The criminals are not suffering, but people who cannot afford a doctor visit are already forced to go through hoops.  If this passes, those who can't afford a prescription will be collateral damage in a fruitless war.

What is going to happen when other perfectly legal items become a nuisance to law enforcement, or serve as a moral whipping stick for the enlightened?

Because of dyes and different reasons, some patients cannot use liquid gels.  From experience, I can tell you that the differences in how pills are metabolized creates a need for choice.  Because of my health issues, a rapid release drug of just about any kind causes symptoms worse than what drove me to the medicine in the first place. and my circumstances are not rare.  This is a blow to people who need affordable medicine.  Devastating consequences but the wrong target, fellas.

More about my thoughts on the war on drugs is coming this afternoon.