this has worked for some people i know here that couldnt get help with the same situation

I agree with you that the purity of methamphetamine has gone up and the price of methamphetamine has gone down, however I disagree with your logic about why that’s happening. The reason why the purity of meth is going up and the price is going down has nothing to do with attracting more people to use it. The purity of meth is going up because people are buying meth made by their neighborhood meth cook, which results in them getting a stronger, more-pure product. When a meth addict buys meth from a Mexican supplier, let’s say for argument’s sake, they are not getting the same meth that was shipped in from Mexico. Once meth gets to the U.S. and passes through a multitude of dealers’ hands, it has been diluted several times by the time it reaches the neighborhoods in our communities.

Lastly, I have to disagree that that 99% of Oklahoma’s citizens would be punished by a pseudoephedrine prescription law. If we’re talking about percentages, let’s be truthful about it. If you’re saying that 99% of the population would be punished by having to get a prescription for pseudoephedrine, we have to assume that 99% of the population in Oklahoma actually need pseudoephedrine for legitimate health reasons. I find that reasoning very hard to swallow. We’re talking about one ingredient, a decongestant, found in SOME cold and allergy medicines. We’re not talking about water here. I’d have an easier time accepting your argument then. The fact is that the majority of Oklahomans would be protected if meth-makers weren’t able to walk in to their neighborhood store and buy pseudoephedrine by simply showing them an ID or asking others to do the same for them. The illegal manufacture of meth effects everyone both personally and financially in a community and I do mean everyone. Oklahoma legislators, like legislators in the rest of the U.S., need to follow the path of Oregon and Mississippi and make pseudoephedrine a prescription drug, if they want to protect the rights of ALL citizens.

If Oklahoma passes a pseudoephedrine prescription law it would be the most honorable, ethical, and fiscally responsible thing they could do to put an end to meth labs, with the exception of banning PSE completely. Oklahoma legislators need to focus on first keeping PSE out of the hands of meth lab cooks and put that problem behind them, so can then can turn their focus on helping those who have become addicted to meth and the illegal imports of meth that may come in to the state from Mexico and elsewhere. When meth isn’t being made in OK in sufficient quantities, addicts will have to rely on imported meth which is less potent and less addictive than the home-brewed methamphetamine that destroying communities and the people who live in them.