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Ark. Code Ann. 5-64-1103(f)(1)(B) | [
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Ark. Code Ann. 5-64-1103(b)(2) | [
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21 CFR 1314.100(b) | [
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21 CFR 1314.100(a) | [
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21 U.S.C. 830(e)(2)(B) | [
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21 CFR 1314.20(b) | [
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21 CFR 1314.20(a) | [
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21 U.S.C. 830(e)(1)(A)(i) | [
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21 U.S.C. 830(d)(1) | [
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21 U.S.C. 830(e)(1)(A)(iii) | [
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21 CFR 1314.25(b) | [
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21 CFR 1314.30(a) | [
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21 U.S.C. 844(a) | [
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720 ILCS 648/20(b) | [
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720 ILCS 648/20(e) | [
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Ind. Code 35-48-4-14.7(e) | [
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Ind. Code 35-48-4-14.7(a) | [
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Ky. Rev. Stat. 218A.1446(5) | [
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Ky. Rev. Stat. 218A.1446(8) | [
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Ky. Rev. Stat. 218A.1446(7) | [
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Miss. Code Ann. 73-21-124(1)(c) | [
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Miss. Code Ann. 73-21-124(1)(a) | [
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Miss. Code Ann. 73-21-124(5)(a) | [
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N.C. Gen. Stat. 90-113.52(e) | [
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N.C. Gen. Stat. 90-113.52(c) | [
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N.C. Gen. Stat. 90-113.52(a) | [
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N.C. Gen. Stat. 90-113.52(b) | [
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Or. Rev. Stat. 475.230 | [
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Or. Rev. Stat. 475.230 | [
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Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-431(e)(2) | [
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Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-431(a) | [
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Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-431(c)(1) | [
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Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-431(d) | [
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Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-431(c)(3) | [
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Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-431(b)(1) | [
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Tex. Health & Safety Code 486.014(b) | [
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Tex. Health & Safety Code 486.014(a)(1)(A) | [
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W. Va. Code 60A-10-4(a) | [
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W. Va. Code 60A-10-4(c) | [
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Pseudoephedrine purchase limits: federal gram limits and stricter state rules
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How much pseudoephedrine (Sudafed and equivalents) a person may buy, per day and per 30 days, quoted from the statute that sets each limit. Answers 'how much Sudafed can I buy in a month', 'is pseudoephedrine prescription-only in [state]', 'why was my Sudafed purchase blocked'. Federal law caps a buyer at 9 grams in any 30 days, of which no more than 7.5 grams may arrive by post or carrier (21 U.S.C. 844(a)), and caps a seller at 3.6 grams in a calendar day (21 CFR 1314.20). Several states are stricter: Alabama and Illinois 7.5 g/30 days, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee and West Virginia 7.2 g/30 days, with annual caps in Indiana (61.2 g), West Virginia (86.4 g) and Tennessee (43.2 g). Others are stricter in kind rather than in grams — Arkansas, Mississippi, Oregon and Tennessee allow the sale only in a pharmacy. Oregon and Mississippi are the two states the open web still gets wrong: both are routinely described as prescription-only, and the statutes quoted here say in terms that the sale is lawful without a prescription. None of these limits is absolute: almost every section ends in a subsection that switches itself off, most often for a product dispensed on a valid prescription, and in several states also for liquid, liquid-capsule and gel-capsule forms, for products labelled for children under 12, and for pharmacists, wholesalers and other licensed handlers acting in the course of business. Those carve-outs are published here as records of their own, one per subsection, so the exception is quoted from the statute rather than summarised. Coverage is the federal baseline plus the 11 states listed above; a state that is absent has not been checked, not been found to match the federal floor.
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- https://codes.findlaw.com/al/title-20-food-drugs-and-cosmetics/al-code-sect-20-2-190/
- https://codes.findlaw.com/ar/title-5-criminal-offenses/ar-code-sect-5-64-1103/
- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/chapter-II/part-1314
- https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/21/830
- https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section844&num=0&edition=prelim
- https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/fulltext.asp?DocName=072006480K20
- https://codes.findlaw.com/in/title-35-criminal-law-and-procedure/in-code-sect-35-48-4-14-7/
- https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=55021
- https://www.mbp.ms.gov/sites/default/files/2025-09/73-21-124.pdf
- https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_90/GS_90-113.52.html
- https://oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_475.230
- https://codes.findlaw.com/tn/title-39-criminal-offenses/tn-code-sect-39-17-431/
- https://texas.public.law/statutes/tex._health_and_safety_code_section_486.014
- https://code.wvlegislature.gov/60A-10-4/
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