On Thursday evening, the Idaho legislature sent a bill to Gov. Brad Little (R-ID) to make ivermectin an over-the-counter medicine in drugstores.
Idaho is one of a handful of states that has passed or is considering legislation to deregulate the sale of ivermectin. The drug rose to prominence during the COVID-19 pandemic after speculation that it was effective in treating the novel virus.
The legislation, Idaho Senate Bill 1211, would allow ivermectin, which is most commonly used in the United States to treat animal parasitic infections, to be sold without a physician’s prescription or consultation with a healthcare professional.
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According to local news outlets, Republican lawmakers in the state, during debates over the bill, leaned on rhetoric from activists and alternative-medicine professionals that ivermectin is a cure-all drug.
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