The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) proposed revised assessment 2008 production and import quotas for ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine to prevent the illicit use of these three chemicals in the manufacture of methamphetamine. The DEA set the proposed revised 2008 quotas at the same levels as 2007 final quotas: ephedrine (for sale), 11,500 kilograms (kg); ephedrine (for conversion), 128,760 kg; pseudoephedrine (for sale), 511,100 kg; phenylpropanolamine (for sale), 5,545 kg; and, phenylpropanolamine (for conversion), 85,470 kg. Comments are due by July 23, 2008.
SOURCE: DEA Notice
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