Action to Address Illegal Methamphetamine Production

Year: 2016

Resolution Number: 23

Action Taken: Approved as Amended

Status:

Author(s): Gunjan Malhotra

Sponsor: Kaitlyn Dobesh, Gunjan Malhotra, and Tamara Roumayah

On behalf of: Medical Student Section

Committee: B (Legislation)

Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That MSMS supports the replacement of over-the-counter products containing pseudoephedrine, ephedrine, phenylpropanolamine, and other like products used to produce methamphetamine with their tamper- or meth-resistant counterparts; and be it further RESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the American Medical Association (AMA) ask our AMA to support a national ban on over-the-counter sales of pseudoephedrine, ephedrine, phenylpropanolamine, that are not tamper or meth-resistant and any other current or future products that are able to be used to produce methamphetamine; and be it further RESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the American Medical Association (AMA) ask our AMA to support the replacement of over-the-counter products containing pseudoephedrine, ephedrine, phenylpropanolamine, and other like products used to produce methamphetamine with their tamper- or meth-resistant counterparts; and be it further RESOLVED: That MSMS work with the pharmaceutical and retail industries to encourage the voluntary removal of or requirement for a prescription for non-tamper-resistant pseudoephedrine, ephedrine, phenylpropanolamine, and other like products from businesses that sell such products over-the-counter until such time as a ban on the sale of these products is implemented; and it be furtherRESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the American Medical Association (AMA) ask our AMA to work with the pharmaceutical and retail industries to encourage the voluntary removal of or requirement for a prescription for non-tamper-resistant pseudoephedrine, ephedrine, phenylpropanolamine, and other like products from businesses that sell such products over-the-counter until such time as a ban on the sale of these products is implemented.

Fiscal Note: NULL

Resolution: View PDF for Action to Address Illegal Methamphetamine Production

For More Information, Contact:

Stacey Hettiger , Director
Health Care Delivery
517-336-5732
shettiger@msms.org