I've just learned that pharmaceutical companies are looking to replace the ingredient pseudoephedrine hydrochloride in cold and sinus medications because its being used to make meth. Now if you suffer from sinus headaches like I do, this is devasting news. Sudafed has been a staple in my diet for nearly 20 years ... sinus headaches can be worse than migraines, and I've had both. I've tried the substitutes they're using for pseudoephedrine ... I might as well pop M&Ms for all the good they do. And M&Ms taste better.
In the sadly blue state of Illinois where I live, the Hon (cough) Rod Blagojevich -- aka The Boy Governor -- has deemed pseudoephedrine so evil that it can only be sold behind the pharmacy counter. So now I'm forced to stand in line behind the government-funded viagra and ortho tri-cyclen users for an OTC sinus medication. On the other hand, Blago thinks its perfectly okay for 14 year girls to have an abortion without notifying their parents ... we're the only state in the area that still permits this. I'd like to suggest we change our state motto from "Land of Lincoln" to "Death Camp of the Unborn".
As a result of the pseudoephedrine furor, I, a more or less law abiding citizen who contributes to society, get to suffer excruciating headaches because stupid people are doing meth and dying from it. Somehow I don't think the loss of their SSI contribution is going to have a marked impact on the economy. In fact, we might be better off, since most of them are the recipients of OUR SSI contributions. Think of that, libs -- grandma and grandpa might not have to eat cat food if it weren't for the meth addicts! (Interesting note: 'human' tuna is, on the average, cheaper than canned cat food.)
I just hope they don't discover that reese's peanut butter cups are being used to make crack ...
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