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[Mark Allums]

In Texas, insulin syringes are not prescription (though insulin is). 
Other types of syringes are restricted (but not too hard to obtain, e.g. 
from a veterinarian).

--Mark Allums


quietann wrote:
> On 8/12/06, Peter H. Granzeau <pgranzeau at cox.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>> The United page makes an icorrect assumption:  that insulin is a
>> non-prescription item.  Both it and the syringes for administering it
>> are controlled substances.
> 
> 
> 
> Not true, at least WRT syringes, which can be purchased without a
> prescription in most states in the US.  There are a few where insulin is
> non-prescription, also.
> 
> The state of Massachusetts (where I live) just made it legal to buy 
> syringes
> without a prescription.  In California, they've been non-Rx for as long 
> as I
> can remember (31 years as a Type 1 diabetic; and I lived in California 
> until
> 1996...)
>