Missouri may require prescription for over-the-counter drug (sigh)

When a right-wing lawmaker in Georgia wanted his state to join Oregon in making over-the-counter pseudoephedrine drugs available by prescription only, it behooved me to point out that Georgia and Oregon aren't the ones who get to decide these things.

The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act says what drugs are prescription, and what drugs aren't. Some right-wing state legislator doesn't get to decide that the laws don't apply.

Lawmakers in Missouri, however, haven't seemed to learn their lesson.

A bill pending in Missouri would do the same thing as in these other states: You'd have to visit a doctor just to be able to buy over-the-counter cold and allergy drugs.

The right-wing kook-a-loons are still out in full force, I see.

If the bill passes, it would increase waiting times and the costs for folks who only need a box of Sudafed. (It costs money to see a doctor, you know.) Like we expect the drug warriors to give a shit.

Emergency rooms are over capacity already. Think what it's going to be like when people start coming in just to get Sudafed prescriptions. It's already happened in Oregon.

(Source: http://www.kansascity.com/news/breaking_news/story/1037275.html)