The pseudoephredine trap

The cold and allergy remedy may be sold over the counter, but that doesn’t mean buyers like Gary Schinagel, a 47-year-old Iowa investment executive who has suffered from nasal congestion since childhood, can stay out of serious legal trouble should they purchase it in other than the government-approved manner. (John Skipper, “Man says stuffy nose did him in”, Mason City (Ia.) Globe Gazette, Sept. 22; Jacob Sullum, Reason “Hit and Run”, Oct. 3; Colleen O’Shaughnessy, “Mason City Man Tries To Clear His Name”, KIMT, undated).

2 Comments

  • Sometimes you get the feeling that the Peter Principle was based not on the business world, but rather on elected politicians and the bureaucrats that feed them.

  • That’s why I got a prescription for it, to stay away from legal trouble.