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.
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
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