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NADDI cracks down on methamphetamine with new initiative
LOUISVILLE,A Ky. The National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators on Friday announced a new initiative in the war on methamphetamine; the National Precursor Log Exchange , a multistate electronic tracking program that enforces purchase limitations of the decongestant pseudoephedrine in real-time at the point of sale.
Friday Nov 20 | WDRB-TV Louisville
Kentucky's MethCheck to expand
Kentucky's computer program to limit sales of over-the-counter allergy medicines is about to go national.
Meth proposal advances in Jefferson County
Jefferson County officials gave a second round of approval to a proposed law that would require prescriptions for select cold and allergy medications that contain the decongestant pseudoephedrine, the main ingredient in methamphetamine.
Private label distributors and ANIP Acquisition Company
What action is FDA taking regarding private label distributors? The Food and Drug Administration has sent warning letters directing companies to stop distributing prescription drug products that have been manufactured by ANIP Acquisition Company.
Meth bill advances in Jefferson County
An effort to curb methamphetamine labs by requiring prescriptions for select cold and allergy medications cleared the first round of approvals Monday in Jefferson County.
Officials Tracking Cold Medicine Buying
Jackson County officials have introduced a new system to track people who try to hop from pharmacy to pharmacy to buy large quantities of cold medicines to convert into meth.
Eastern Missouri towna s anti-meth law working, police say
Sales of decongestants containing pseudoephedrine the key ingredient for making methamphetamine have plummeted in Washington, Mo., since a city ordinance began requiring prescriptions.
Tulsa Mothers Against MethAmphetamine wants Oklahoma lawmakers to pass a law that would help cut the production of meth across Green Country.
A Prescription Should Be Required for Sudafed Because It Doesn't Cure the Common Cold
State and federal restrictions on the sale of cold and allergy medications containing pseudoephedrine, aimed at curtailing production of methamphetamine, have not had a noticeable impact on illegal consumption of the drug, which has been declining since the late 1990s.
Ban on over-the-counter medicines in schools fails to gain support
Sniffling students can continue carrying Sudafed. The Elmbrook School Board has officially decided against a policy change that would have banned that and other over-the-counter medications from district schools.
Ind. Law - 'Cold-med law snares allergy sufferers: Pseudoephedrine buyers limited to 3 grams a week'
Ind. Law - "Cold-med law snares allergy sufferers: Pseudoephedrine buyers limited to 3 grams a week" That is the headline to Rebecca S. Green's story today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette : A few months ago, conversation on WAJI-FM - " 95.1's "Majic in the Morning" turned from light-hearted banter to law and order - " specifically host Jeannette ...
Mo. town, desperate to stop meth, requires prescription for ...
Few places in America has been hit harder by the methamphetamine problem than Union, Mo.
To combat meth, Missouri passes prescription ordinance
Leaders of the eastern Missouri town of Union have voted to require prescriptions for certain cold and allergy medications that contain ingredients used to make methamphetamine.
City leaders voted unanimously Monday to make Union the second city in the nation to require prescriptions for select cold and allergy medications in an effort to combat methamphetamine labs.
PCB City Council passes MethCheck
The City Council approved an ordinance Thursday that will require city pharmacies to install MethCheck, an electronic database that monitors the purchase of some over-the-counter allergy and cold medicine.
Elmbrook set to vote on non-prescription drugs
School Board members Oct. 13 are expected to approve new limits on student use of non-prescription drugs, but policy changes at the committee level have removed many proposed restrictions.
IN QUESTION: Cold and flu medications containing pseudoephedrine, such as these shown by Kath Potts, a pharmacist at Blenheim's Mortimers and Frasers Unichem Pharmacy, may no longer be available over the counter.
A proposed alternative to popular pseudoephedrine-based cold and flu medicines does not work as well, pharmacists advise.
If you are over the age of 18 and have a hundred bucks, a quick internet search will help you find a doctor sympathetic to your medicinal marijuana needs.
It's unanimous: MethCheck an emergency ordinance // READ the ordinance
At one point Tuesday, Bay County Commissioner Mike Thomas suggested that what the county was about to do may not be constitutional, but then, the commission did it anyway.
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