Combat Methamphetamine

The fact that they are still available doesn t mean they are as easy to obtain as they once were. In 2005, the Federal Combat Methamphetamine Act was approved. As of September 30, 2006, retailers were required to follow strict employee training, product placement, identification, and logbook procedures connected with the purchase of any OTC medication that can be used in the production of methamphetamine, including DXM. Sales... 

Which statement about the packaging of nonliquid drugs regulated hy the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act is true ... 

Sale of the drug products covered by the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act must be recorded in what manner ... 

Fatigue Do not use methamphetamine to combat fatigue or replace rest in normal people. 

The best-known products come from the amphetamine group (see Table 1.12) Dexedrine1 1 (generic name d-amphetamine) and Pervitin 1 (methamphetamine) were particularly used in the 1950s and 1960s as stimulants and also as appetite suppressants, but today play hardly any role in medical practice. Ritalin (methylphenidate) has some relevance its psychostimulant action is said to be weaker than that of amphetamines and it is apparent ) less abused than the latter. Because methylphenidate also possesses mild antidepressant activity, in some countries it is used to combat not only narcolepsy and ADHD but also mild depressions without suicide risk (Satel and Nelson, 1989). 

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