Source: Brownstone Institute
by Jeffrey A Tucker
“‘Experts have long doubted the effectiveness of phenylephrine,’ which is a common ingredient in DayQuil, NyQuil, Sudafed, Mucinex, and others. This was National Public Radio this morning. It reminds me of Orwell: Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia. They are telling us this 16 years after the FDA forced the ingredient as the substitute for a product that actually works, which is pseudoephedrine. To get the product with pseudoephedrine requires that you ask for it. It is kept behind the counter. Then you have to use your drivers’ license and there are restrictions on how many you can buy. If you go to multiple drug stores, you will be caught and possibly brought up on criminal charges. … Pseudoephedrine is supposedly used to make meth. So it had to become a heavily controlled product under the guise of the war on terror.” (09/13/23)
https://brownstone.org/articles/orwell-meets-your-stuffy-nose/