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		maxerickson on Nov 12, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How the Plummeting Price of Cocaine Fueled the Nat... Meth production tends to change surrounding the availability of ephedrine and pseudoephedrine: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/meth/etc/cron.html (The gist is that large labs tend to spring up whenever they find a bulk source for either chemical and then go away when that bulk source is eliminated)

Joakal on Nov 12, 2011 [–]

I guess that explains why people complain that pharmacies refuse to give them cold medicine [0].

[0] "Give me some pseudoephedrine geez!!" http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=1488355

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