Sudafed, Afrin, Pseudoephedrine News

"The State of Missouri tried this year it couldn't do it," says Sgt. Jason Grellner of the Franklin County Narcotics Unit, "the State of Indiana tried they didn't get it done other states have tried," and where all of them have failed...success in small town Washington, Missouri.

If you get the sniffles in Washington, don't reach for the Sudafed without a prescription.

People buying certain cold medicines in the eastern Missouri town of Washington will need a prescription after the City Council voted to crack down on a main ingredient in methamphetamine.

I've had asthma my whole life, but for the past 15 years or so it has been mild enough to control with over-the-counter medication.

You've been getting your Sudafed, Zyrtec-D and Claritin-D over the counter for years, but that could change Jan.

Three years ago the federal government started requiring pharmacies to keep a log on people who buy ephedrine and pseudoephedrine-based medications.

A Salem physician has once again had his license suspended. Dr. Paul David Kauffman appeared before the Arkansas State Medical Board June 4 where he learned that he could not practice medicine for the next eight months.

You've been getting your Sudafed, Zyrtec-D and Claritin-D over the counter for years, but that could change Jan.

Three Virginia men are out on bond, charged locally with buying chemicals used to make methamphetamine.

What would Senate Bill 484 do? In an attempt to reduce the number of methamphetamine labs in California, the legislation would make pseudoephedrine-based and ephedrine-based drugs available only to patients who first obtain a doctor's prescription.

When Reding decided to focus on the small town of Oelwein, Iowa, as the nexus of the meth epidemic for his new book, he couldn't have imagined the nightmares he'd uncover.

What would be the easiest way to stop the illegal manufacturing of methamphetamine through clandestine "mom and pop" drug labs? Halt the over-the-counter sale of pseudoephedrine - the main ingredient common to all meth-cooking recipes.

The Czech law limiting a free sale of pseudoephedrine and other drug-containing medicines has only been valid for a couple of weeks but customs officers have already registered the first cases of their attempted transfer from the neighbouring countries, the daily Pravo wrote on Tuesday.

Area pharmacists say meth cooks are finding ways around restrictions set for pseudoephedrine purchases.

The number of illegal methamphetamine labs destroyed in Kentucky has increased in the last 18 months as meth "cookers" have found ways around efforts to limit production of the dangerous, highly addictive drug.

Is this the fuel for 'Instant Scumbags'? "Instant scumbag." This was the description a friend had for the behavior changes brought on by an addiction to methamphetamine.

Alabama pharmacists are required to keep products with pseudoephedrine behind the counter - because they are the raw materials needed to make meth.

An increase in the number of "Mom and Pop" meth labs has prompted a renewed awareness effort among law enforcement agencies in Vigo County.

April 22 The Multi Agency Crack Enforcement Drug Task Force agents recently wrapped up an investigation of the excessive purchases of Sudafed by a group of individuals.

Pharmacists who have stopped selling pseudoephedrine-based cold and flu pills are calling on their colleagues to join them in a stand against P. But the Pharmacy Guild says banning the chemical would have little effect, as most supplies are now smuggled in direct from China.