The sizes of medicine packs, including some cold and flu remedies, could be reduced in a bid to counter the manufacture of illegal drugs.
The Health Products Regulatory Authority is in consultation with the pharmaceutical industry and relevant experts regarding the sale of medicines containing pseudoephedrine — a substance which can be used to produce crystal meth .
The HPRA wrote to a number of bodies last December indicating that gardaí had expressed concern about the increased production of methamphetamine using pseudoephedrine sourced from pharmacies.
Pseudoephedrine-based products have been used to illegally produce amphetamine-type stimulants, which are the world’s second most widely abused drug type after cannabis according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. As a result, a number of countries have introduced controls on the sale of pseudoephedrine.
Source: Joe Leogue, Irish Examiner, 03/08/15
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