Opinion ID: 820508
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Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Counts Two through Eight

Text: Title 21 U.S.C. § 841(c)(1) makes it unlawful to knowingly or intentionally possess a listed chemical with the intent to manufacture a controlled substance. Section 802(34)(K) identifies pseudoephedrine as a listed chemical. Wells argues that the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005, Pub. L. No. 109-177, 120 Stat. 192 (codified as amended in scattered sections of Title 21, among others) (CMEA) amended the Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C. §§ 801-971, to exempt pseudoephedrine contained in over-the-counter medications from inclusion among the listed chemicals, but he has failed to establish that the CMEA affected the two statutory sections listed above. Because the government proved that he possessed pseudoephedrine, a listed chemical, with the intent to manufacture methamphetamine, his convictions for counts two through eight must stand.