7th Heaven, Season 3

Eric:
What are you doing with this stuff?

Matt:
A friend at school gave gave 'em to me. Their just natural energy boosters made from herbs or something.

Eric:
Not everything that is natural is good for you. Cocaine is extracted from the cope of plant. Heroine and Morphine come from natural plants and extracts. Natural doesn't always mean good!

Matt:
Dad, calm down, okay. Check the bottle, it's sealed. I didn't take any. I was just looking for a way to keep awake so I could keep studying.

Eric:
Oh, you'll stay awake because the main ingredient in these pills is Ephedrine which is just a chemical process away from from being Methaphetamine.

Matt:
Wait I don't get it, I mean the guy who gave these pills bought them from a health-food store. I mean if this stuff is so dangerous then why is it not illegal.

Eric:
Because Ephedrine is classified as a food not a drug, so it's not regulated the way it should be. Ephedrine-based supplements are illegal in 13 states. You know that it took to make them illegal? People died. (Mary enters the room)

Eric:
What's wrong?

Mary:
I took those pills.

Eric:
You took these pills?

Mary:
No, I didn't get the pills from Matt, I got them from Diane who gets them from her father. I thought everyone was taking them.

Eric:
I think I better talk to Diane's father. Throw them out.

Matt:
Gladly.