What's the bottleneck in D-meth production?

Someone here ought to know: how come even the cartels don't make good meth anymore? As I understand, it's been pretty much all racemic lately. Is it because of restricted precursors? Where is redbook when you need him goddamnit


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[9 Points] HermanTrought:

I ve had some verry good cartel meth latley...you have to know where to look.


[4 Points] scoobydrool:

meth heads


[2 Points] mymuse100:

because pusedo became more restricted from china around 2014 and this.

In 2016 The dual Chinese and Mexican national had legally obtained permits to import pseudoephedrine into Mexico from Asia in order to supply producers of legal pharmaceuticals.But the Mexican authorities charge that he actually sold the chemical to Mexican drug cartels that used it to make methamphetamines, largely for consumption in the U.S.

https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/vbygkj/us-sends-chinese-mexican-businessman-caught-with-200-million-in-cash-back-to-mexico

They switched back to p2p,


[1 Points] safetripp:

Ephedrine is a controlled substance in my country and police monitor it's importation without fail. Meth took off like wild fire bringing with it it gangster-ism, violence and a plethora of vigilante groups trying to keep the stuff out of their neighbourhoods, one thing led to another but we can steal cook via underpaid weight loss pill factory workers.


[1 Points] BiasGoldfish:

I heard they changed the formula of pseudophed to make it all racemicD=


[1 Points] ksosk:

The bottleneck is not precursor acquisition (for a moderately-well-funded lab). Reduction of ephedrine is a slow process that can only be done safely on a small scale, through most routes, and without expensive professional equipment.


[0 Points] iceyxmas:

I don't think most people who have tried meth have done HQ D-meth, actually. It's nothing like amphetamine or mdma or anything else for that matter, it'd blow your socks off...