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The Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005 (CMEA) is federal legislation enacted in the United States on March 9, 2006, to regulate, among other things, retail over-the-counter sales of following products because of their use in the manufacture of illegal drugs: Retail provisions of the CMEA include daily sales limits and 30-day purchase ...
Sales limits (per customer): Daily sales limit—must not exceed 3.6 grams of pseudoephedrine base without regard to the number of transactions; 30-day (not monthly) sales limit—must not exceed 7.5 grams of pseudoephedrine base if sold by mail order or "mobile retail vendor" 30-day purchase limit—must not exceed 9 grams of pseudoephedrine base.
A person under the age of 18 who attempts to purchase a product that contains dextromethorphan, and uses false identification to do so, is subject to a $25 fine for the first offense, a $100 fine for the second offense, and a $200 for the third and each subsequent offense. This bill took effect March 19, 2015.
Illegal. As of 18 January 2007, [ 33 ] methamphetamine is classified as a Class A drug in the UK under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 following a recommendation made by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs in June 2006. [ 34 ] It had previously been classified as a Class B drug, except when prepared for injection.
Daily sales of regulated products not to exceed 3.6 g to a single purchaser, without regard to the number of transactions; Monthly sales to a single purchaser not to exceed 9 g of pseudoephedrine base in regulated products; The law gives similar regulations to mail-order purchases, except the monthly sales limit is 7.5 g.
Illicit methamphetamine is more commonly made by the reduction of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine, which produces the more active d-methamphetamine isomer. The maximum conversion rate for ephedrine and pseudoephedrine is 92%, although typically, illicit methamphetamine laboratories convert at a rate of 50% to 75%. [107]
Dextromethorphan is the dextrorotatory enantiomer of levomethorphan, which is the methyl ether of levorphanol, both opioid analgesics. It is named according to IUPAC rules as (+)-3-methoxy-17-methyl-9α,13α,14α- morphinan. As its pure form, dextromethorphan occurs as an odorless, opalescent white powder.
National Precursor Log Exchange. The National Precursor Log Exchange (NPLEx) is a real-time electronic logging system which tracks sales of the methamphetamine precursors ephedrine and pseudoephedrine in the United States. The program is operated by the National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators (NADDI), funded by manufacturers of ...