Writes Thomas Luongo: “Along with Home Chem. Sets, Red Devil Lye has become a casualty of The Feds War on Drugs. My wife and our friend have a small soap-making operation which is supply-constrained now because it’s nigh-impossible to find lye over-the-counter anymore. All of this, because one of the world’s most commonly used chemicals is also used to make meth-amphetamine, which wouldn’t exist if it wasn’t for the Feds creating huge profit margins for it because of the sheer illegality of it. They have to buy it on-line and have it shipped to them, along with filing a piece of paper with the Federal D.O.T.

“I guess they want us to go back to burning willow trees and make soap from ash.

“This madness needs to just stop now.”