Pseudoephedrine and Ephedrine Sales Limit (Base Grams)
Pseudoephedrine and ephedrine retail sales limits under the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act.
Open the tool → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.
Example
- Ingredient
- Pseudoephedrine
- Salt on the label
- Hydrochloride
- Form
- Tablets or capsules (strength per unit)
- Labeled strength
- 30 mg
- Tablets, capsules or mL in each package
- 48
- Number of packages
- 3
- Seller
- Retail store
- Base already sold to this purchaser today
- 0 g
Result: 3.539 g of base in this sale; 3.6 g left for this purchaser.
The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.
What you enter
- Ingredient
- Salt on the label
- Form
- Labeled strength
- Liquid: the mL the strength is stated in
- Tablets, capsules or mL in each package
- Number of packages
- Seller
The other 3 fields
- Base already sold to this purchaser today (0 if none)
- Base sold to this purchaser in the past 30 days, today included
- State 30-day limit, if any
How this is calculated
Citation
21 CFR 1314.20 and 1314.100: not more than 3.6 grams of base to a purchaser in a calendar day; 7.5 grams in 30 days for mobile retail vendors and mail-order sales. 21 CFR 1314.30(a): logbook. DEA, General Information Regarding the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005, charts. Read the sources: 21 CFR 1314.20 ↗, 21 CFR 1314.100 ↗, DEA general information and charts ↗
A reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice, and not a substitute for clinician judgment.