METH: A Recipe for Disaster.

Liza Kroeschell and Yoshie Fujimoto-Kateada

Debated April 3rd, 2012

Will the requirement of a

prescription for pseudoephedrine
drugs (Sudafed and Claritin D)
solve our nations meth addiction?

Presentation Outline

Why should we care about meth and pseudoephedrine?

Yoshie and Liza debate the issue

What do you believe?

What is a meth high?

Unparalleled dopamine release

Sobriety becomes depression

1st use addiction

Pseudoephedrine in Cold
Medicine

shrink blood vessels

energy boost

Prescription
Necessary

Access to pseudoephedrine
allows meth use and cooking

Not Necessary

Inconvenient

Effective cold medicine

cost to legitimate consumer

time

Smurfing
Super Smurfing

Prescription
Necessary

Drug companies=the only

obstacle to this legislation

Not Necessary

Economically smart to maintain current regulation

costly to legitimate consumer

Drug companies provide jobs, economy boost

money
illegitimate consumers

Oregon: Case Study

MULTNOMAH COUNTY

64 Meth labs in 2004; 1 meth lab in 2010

Arrests related to meth:

27% before legislation

4.6% after legislation

Prescription
Necessary

Saves Lives

foster care

Addiction

Not Necessary

End to Access will not solve the meth problem

METH Cooks are Resourceful

Not Necessary

Fake cold medicine manufacturing companies

Krebs Biochmicals, Amezcua Brothers

Outsourcing

Smurfing

Ingredient Substitution

Rebuttal
Prescription Necessary

Pseudoefedrine meth cooking is

dangerous

Without access, cooks might

make less meth that is less pure

Works Cited

Bovett, Rob. "How to Kill the Meth Monster." New York TImes. 15 Nov.
2010. Web. 25 Mar. 2012.

Effects of Meth. Photograph. Oregon. Faces of Meth. 26 May 2011. Web. 1

Apr. 2012.

The Meth Epidemic. By Carl Byker. The Meth Epidemic. PBS FRONTLINE,
14 Feb. 2006. Web. 25 Mar. 2012.

Will the requirement of a

prescription for pseudoephedrine
drugs (Sudafed and Claritin D)
solve our nations meth addiction?