>And this has been going on for a while. I used to be able to buy 50- and >100-count bottles of generic pseudoephedrine (IIRC this was it...don't >quote me on it), the same ingredient in Actifed, a cold/sinus pill. >These generic bottles have vanished, to be replaced by blister packs of >vastly more expensive pills containing the same ingredient. > I noticed this a few years ago. I occasionally get hit by mold spores. I never considered for a moment that it was a fascist plot ( the pseudafed thing, not the mold spores, but I wonder now. ). I though it was simply a profit-gathering method. I guess it's both. Funny how that works.
>Pseudoephedrine is related to speed, and I presume can be used to make >purer forms of speed. > http://www.schweich.com/imagehtml/2907-30.html Real ephedrine is easy to grow. Available OTC in most states. Not sure how easy it is to separate ephedrine from a natural source but I'm sure it can be done. Probably too involved for the typical meth-hacker. Other natural plant materials, especially the belladonna alkaloids ( there are three primary ones ) have been used in cold medication in the past ( Contac? ). >We are hurtling toward a full surveillance state. > Yes we are and those responsible deserve, well, what they deserve is your favorite phrase. >--Tim May > Mike
