Biz: CVS sorry for giving crystal meth-makers their key ingredient
- $75
million the amount CVS has to pay in fines for selling pseudoephedrine to criminals producing crystal meth - $2.5
million the amount the massive pharmacy chain has to give up in profits linked to the drug’s sale source
- » Where you’ve used pseudoephedrine: Sudafed, Claritin, Zyrtec, Contac and Mucinex, among others. Some of these brands, by the way, no longer use the drug. What CVS did here wasn’t intentional so much as a blind eye. They didn’t question people making repeated purchases of these drugs.