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There is a broad gulf between selling something like candy and criminalizing its possession. You need to be of-age to buy beer. Sudafed is sold OTC but with s
by klyrs 4y ago
There is a broad gulf between selling something like candy and criminalizing its possession. You need to be of-age to buy beer. Sudafed is sold OTC but with strict limits. You need a prescription to get many pharmaceuticals.
- amalcon 4y agoThe reason for the strict limits on pseudoephedrine is because of its use in the manufacture of (prohibited) methamphetamine, so that's a poor example. Prescription drugs are also a bad example because fentanyl (and most other opioids) are already available with a prescription in most of the world. Alcohol and nicotine are the only real middle ground in the US (maybe cannabis, but that's in a paradoxical legal status right now). Neither really seems to be in a "solved" state. Though I concede that at least alcohol and nicotine seem to be in a better state than fentanyl.