Retailer doesn’t have to restrict access to DM products… just not sell it to anyone under 18… do you think that if they can’t purchase it.. THEY MIGHT END UP STEALING IT ?
Dear Pharmacies/Retailer:
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> IMPORTANT NOTICE –New Law re: Dextromethorphan over-the-counter medications.
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> Effective July 1, 2015, it is unlawful for any commercial entity to knowingly or willfully sell or trade a drug product containing any quantity of dextromethorphan to a person under 18 years old. Violation of this act will result in a written warning for the first offense, and class I civil infractions for any subsequent offenses.
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> Dextromethorphan (DXM) is an ingredient found in many over-the-counter (OTC) cold medications that include cough suppressants. Dextromethorphan in high doses is intoxicating and dangerous. (Chapter 69.75 RCW)
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> Retailers of DXM products must require and obtain proof of identification to verify the age of the purchaser before completing the sale unless the purchaser’s outward appearance would reasonably be presumed to be 25 years old or older. The age restriction does not apply to someone under 18 who provides proof of active duty military service by way of a valid military identification card; or proof of being an emancipated minor.
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> Retailers of DXM products are not required to record the sale in a transaction logbook, and retailers are not required to place the product in a specific place within the store to restrict consumers’ direct access.
> · For a list of DXM products and more information go to the Pharmacy Quality Assurance Commission’s webpage.
> · Check OTC DXM product “Drug Facts” label for active ingredients containing dextromethorphan.
> · See parental warning label.
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> Always Working for a Safer and Healthier Washington.
> Doreen E. Beebe | Program Manager
> Washington State Pharmacy Quality Assurance Commission
> Physical Address:
> PO Box 47852 111 Israel Road SE
> Olympia WA 98504-7852 Tumwater WA 98501
> P: 360.236.4834 | F: 360.236.2260
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Filed under: General Problems
We already have to card for DM products in Indiana….like buying alcohol….but you already knew that…..funny, I don’t get a buzz off of it, even when I’ve doubled up hoping to quit sounding like I have whooping cough from coughing so hard. IMO…..DM has never worked as well as codiene back in the day, the old Terpin Hydrate w/codiene–which was what 50 proof? then a shot of top shelf whiskey should do just as well