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e-1497 (Regulation of food and drugs)

E-petition
Initiated by Paul Brault from Headingley, Manitoba

Original language of petition: English

Petition to the Minister of Health

Whereas:
  • Methamphetamine (also known as meth, chalk, crank, jib, crystal meth and ice) is a synthetic drug manufactured from chemical ingredients;
  • Pseudoephedrine, an over the counter decongestant, is a key chemical ingredient in Methamphetamine;
  • Medicinal products containing Pseudoephedrine are regularly procured at pharmacies for the explicit purpose of producing Methamphetamine in makeshift labs;
  • Methamphetamine can cause drug-induced psychosis characterized by paranoia, hallucinations and delusions that can result in irrational and aggressive behaviours and can cause significant long term mental and physical health effects;
  • An overdose of methamphetamine can result in seizures, high body temperature, irregular heartbeat, heart attack, stroke and death;
  • Methamphetamine abuse is a growing problem across Canada and has produced significant social and economic hardships for individuals, families and communities; and
  • The States of Oregon and Mississippi have passed legislation to restrict Pseudoephedrine to a prescription-drug status and successfully reduce the amount of Methamphetamine being illegally produced and the number of meth labs in their respective states;
We, the undersigned, citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the Minister of Health to work with her provincial and territorial counterparts to make pharmaceuticals containing Pseudoephedrine a prescription only medication.
Open for signature
February 5, 2018, at 3:23 p.m. (EDT)
Closed for signature
June 5, 2018, at 3:23 p.m. (EDT)
Photo - Doug Eyolfson
Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley
Liberal Caucus
Manitoba