Methamphetamine: Feds Make First Cold Medicine Bust Under Combat Meth Act
An Ontario, New York, man last Friday won the dubious distinction of being the first person arrested under the 2005 Combat Meth Epidemic Act. According to a DEA press release, William Fousse was arrested for purchasing cold tablets containing more than nine grams of pseudoephedrine within a one month period.
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Products containing these chemicals are now kept behind the counter. In order to purchase them, one must show identification and sign a log book at pharmacies. DEA and state and local law enforcement monitor those logbooks to see if anyone is buying amounts over the limit.
"This is a first for DEA," crowed DEA Western New York Special Agent in Charge John Gilbride. "DEA's focus is to dismantle clandestine methamphetamine labs and trafficking organizations and to also monitor the products that are illegally used to produce methamphetamine. DEA is committed to keeping our communities safe from the dangers of methamphetamine production and abuse. Today's arrest is a warning to those who violate the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act."
Fousse is alleged to have purchased more than 400 Bronkaid tablets containing a total of more than 29 grams of ephedrine during the month of January -- more than three times the legal limit -- at one pharmacy and to have purchased a like amount at two others. It was a call from the first pharmacist to the DEA's Buffalo office that set the wheels in motion.
DEA agents visited Fousse at his home on February 13. According to a police affidavit, Fousse said he was unaware of the law, was not selling the pills to meth cooks, and was using the stuff himself. That was not good enough for the DEA and federal prosecutors. He faces a May 1 court date.
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Comment posted by Anonymous on Fri, 04/06/2007 - 5:44pmWouldn't have been simpler to write a law requiring a prescription for these "precursors"?,,,,,,,,,,,,no, that wouldn't do. The pharmaceutical companies make a nice buck marketing often useless across-the-counter preparations. And besides, we're grown up around here and know that idiotic laws that give the DEA and it's sister SS goons more power are just the ticket for hungry politicians and a lazy media.
What Land of the Free?
Comment posted by Anonymous on Sat, 04/07/2007 - 3:18amWhat's happened to freedom in the US?
Its all about exercising their authority.
Comment posted by Anonymous on Sat, 04/07/2007 - 10:57am"Today's arrest is a warning to those who violate the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act."
And that is the point. It really matters not if he was or wasn't using them innapropriately. What matters is that people KNOW that Big Government is watching their purchases and WILL arrest them if they purchase anything suspect.
Thanks big brother
Comment posted by Anonymous on Sat, 04/07/2007 - 7:16pmNow I know that people have to recover from a cold naturally! No more of this medicine BS.
I knew the government was good for something :>D
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I Like Ephedrine
Comment posted by Anonymous on Sun, 04/08/2007 - 5:56amI like to use ephedrine for medicinal purposes. i think It's sad that just because dumbass pple turn it into meth that everyone suffers. That just proves that the DEA sucks! Peace!
Police state.
Comment posted by Anonymous on Mon, 04/09/2007 - 11:13amThis law has just increased the amount of meth produced other ways and given the dea an excuse to prosecute relatively innocent people. Then they can confiscate their money and properties even before a trial thanks to drug laws.
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I hate this law
Comment posted by Anonymous on Fri, 04/20/2007 - 7:08pmI have chronic allergies and must take a decongestant/antihistamine every day. Until this law was passed I was happy to take Claritin-D daily, but now each time I go to the counter, I am treated like a criminal. Not only that, but sometimes the pharmacy doesn't have the 15-pill boxes and will sell me a 5- or 10- pill box. Since the pharmacy limits me to two boxes per month (regardless of the quantity) and since there are approximately 30 days in each month, I am forced to go to another pharmacy (which is a huge inconvenience) and/or do without.
I finally got fed up with the system and insisted that my doctor write me a prescription. I now take Allegra-D every day, at a cost of more than $100/month to my insurance company and $25/month to me.
I would very much like to kick the legislators who wrote this law in the nuts (or worse). What a bunch of fucking idiots.
Ignorance of the law is no excuse...
Comment posted by Anonymous on Mon, 05/07/2007 - 6:10amI find it quite telling, that this poor guy had no knowledge of the limits. You see, they don't post the monthly limit at pharmacies. A daily limit of 3.6G is what is seen at the counter but no mention of the monthly amount.
This bust isn't about stopping meth. It's about creating statistics. I've just learned about this limit and was doing research and found this article, somewhat belatedly. Perhaps too late, as I may very well be in the same boat. No. I'm not making meth. Not selling pills to people who do either. It's cheap asthma control. I'm a roofer and trust me, if you have breathing difficulties, there's no better option. Not at my salary.
I live in NY stae and the odds of coming into contact with meth here, is roughly the same as getting hit by a meteorite. It's just not here. Seriously, that stuff has been on the streets for about 40 years. If it was going to hit this state, it would have. No... It's not about stopping meth. It's about STARTING it up. A year ago, nobody around here had even heard of meth. Now, it's a hot topic. What better way to advertise something, than to make it sensasionalist news. To clandestinely pass laws and arrest people for breaking those laws without their knowledge?
Ignorance of the law is no excuse? ya think?
Comment posted by Anonymous on Sun, 05/13/2007 - 12:13pmThan why do you need a lawyer to interpret the law.
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Comment posted by hydro9177 on Wed, 06/06/2007 - 9:45pmWell, this will just make the meth. cooks send dozens of people to pharmacies, buying a box at time. Brilliant.
PHARMACIES SHOULD WARN BUYERS
Comment posted by Anonymous on Tue, 07/10/2007 - 12:32amSEEMS TO ME LIKE THE PHARMACIES SHOULD BE MADE TO WARN PEOPLE WHEN THEY ARE ABOUT TO GO OVER THE LIMIT!! THIS SHOULD BE WHY THEY KEEP LOGS, NOT TO MAKE INNOCENT PEOPLE INTO CRIMINALS...
Well it looks the rule
Comment posted by Anonymous on Wed, 01/16/2008 - 10:46amWell it looks the rule applies after all. I am not that glad that was arrested, we also have to think at the possibility that he wasn't aware of the limitation for buying those "medicines". I think pharmacies should sell them at all, there are plenty alternative pills for just a cold.
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Comment posted by Anonymous on Tue, 03/04/2008 - 5:57pmLike others mentioned above, I too have chronic allergies and take over the counter meds because my doc WON'T write me a prescription for something I can/am supposed to be able to buy over the counter.
My husband was sick this month, so I went over my limit. I have no idea what the limit is or when the limit is reset, so in the mean time, I have to go without.
This law has helped to catch ONE meth head while the rest of us are suffering!!
As a teacher, I wonder how the law makers would like it if I use that type of reasoning with their children in school.... "I'm sorry, no one will get to use the pencil sharpener because someone might turn it into a weapon....:"
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Comment posted by Anonymous on Tue, 07/22/2008 - 1:45pmThis is crazy, some bodybuilders use ephedrine to actually lose fat and how to build up muscle not make methamphetamine!
It really matters not if he
Comment posted by williamrichard on Sat, 09/06/2008 - 2:00amIt really matters not if he was or wasn't using them inappropriately. What matters is that people and the government watching their purchases and WILL arrest them if they purchase anything suspect.
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Comment posted by Anonymous on Tue, 09/30/2008 - 5:13amUsing drugs is a crime and buying the chemicals required for it is equivalent to using drugs. Whether or not he is using the drugs appropriately he should be behind the bars and punished severely. Drugs are even used to build stamina and body. All this should come to an end soon.
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You sound like a complete asshole!!! If he was using legal pills appropriately, then why should he be punished severely?
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Comment posted by Anonymous on Thu, 02/05/2009 - 2:03pmCongratulations DEA, America is now officially the land of the persecuted. I sit here with a sinue infection, unable to breathe and afraid to use my last expired pseudoephedrines. I remember when I used my last expired phenylpropanolamine--I was so desperate to breathe... While pseudoephedrine is nowhere near as effective phenylpropanolamine, at least it did something. Now I must choose whether to sleep for the first time in a week or to continue hacking up and sneezing out flourescent pus for another day.
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More than the law, and the law governing body, I think it’s the responsibility of the people to condemn such miscreants. And, one should be socially ostracized for such deleterious activities.
A bunch of idiots.
Comment posted by Anonymous on Sun, 02/22/2009 - 8:13pmSeroiusly you guys are either stupid or dillusional to think he was using this legit. If he bought 400 tabs at multiple pharmacies, lets say that means 3, then he is going through 40 tabs per day. The box says max 6 tabs per day. Oh but I'm sure there was a good reason to take it at nearly 7 times the reccomended dose. And I am sure the DEA would use their discretion if this was a family of ten with asthma.
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Comment posted by Anonymous on Sat, 04/25/2009 - 3:34pmAlright, I use Bronkaid for asthma on a regular basis. The monthly limit is 9 grams. Bronkaid comes in 25 mg tabs. That's 360 tabs per month (in a 30 days month), which equates to 12 tabs per day. I can't imagine why someone would need to take more than that. Even on the worst days, 4 - 6 tabs is sufficient, and I'm stuck wide awake until 2am. Anyone needing more than 12 of these per day needs to have their condition diagnosed by a physician and begin seeking out alternative methods of relief. Having said all of that, I believe the government is overstepping some boundaries here. It should be the responsibility of the pharmacy to limit the sell of products if they are keeping a logs. Instead of calling the DEA, the pharmacist should have simply told the guy, "Hey there's a 9 gram monthly limit, I can't sell you any more of this." I'm not necessarily against the laws in place to regulate the sell of the product, but they shouldn't be used to persecute people.
fucked up government.
Comment posted by Anonymous on Wed, 05/27/2009 - 5:07pmthis government is fucked up. period
"WE THE PEOPLE" NEED TO REFORM THIS FUCKED UP GOVERMENT.
As A fellow ex-meth user, and having athsma ...
Comment posted by Cary McSorley on Fri, 05/29/2009 - 1:57pmThis is bs, yes I am against meth manufacture, and you can turn $900 into $3000 with psudeo to meth, there are over 300 ways to manufacture d-methamfetamine, pestacides, p2p(phenlprop) epedrine, phenly groups ect... so why crack down on just one? anyway having been clean for years i relize meth is sick, but there many other things we can do to stop this abuse maybe, have a junkie police that stop people at checkpoints tolook at peoples arms for track marks from needles and then beat them frantlickly :D
this is ridiculous.
Comment posted by laurenb on Wed, 06/24/2009 - 11:50amboth my husband and i have very bad allergies - we probably buy 60 pills / month - one per day x 30 days.
I have no idea of thats more than 9 grams - how should i know? I feel like i need to be paranoid now. Not to go off on another topic, but a friend noticed that even a small amount of weed gets you severe charges in nj for marijuana possession. Its just a plant! Cigarettes and alcohol are more dangerous! how much $$ do we need to spend on this "war on drugs"??
Appropriate Use
Comment posted by Anonymous on Fri, 04/06/2007 - 2:56pmThey should still have to prove he was using them inappropriately... That should have
been written into the bill.