Trogdor
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There is a nifty nasal decongestant product available for sale at practically every pharmacy I've seen, called the Vicks Inhaler. On the packaging it lists the active ingredient as 50 mg of 'levmetamfetamine', however I know that this is actually the L stereoisomer of methamphetamine. The Controlled Substance Act clearly states that "methamphetamine, its salts, isomers, and salts of its isomers" are listed as Schedule II substances. Do stereoisomers not legally count as 'isomers'? If so, why is d-methamphetamine (also known as the ADD medication 'Desoxyn') Schedule II? If somebody were to gather a large quantity of inhalers and extract the meth out *without chemically altering the drug*, would they be guilty of manufacturing a controlled substance? Even though what they actually possess is a legally obtained OTC drug? I must be missing a huge piece to the puzzle.