Drug Problem
The U.S. Senate has approved a bill to “substantially reduce the number of local labs that are out there because it throttles the ability of the cooks to get the pseudoephedrine that they need to make the methamphetamine,” said Sen. Jim Talent of Missouri, co-sponsor of the bill with Calif. Sen. Dianne Feinstein. The proposed law would require that cold medications containing pseudoephedrine, a decongestant that’s a primary ingredient in meth, to be kept behind the pharmacist’s counter. It would also require purchasers to show a photo I.D., sign for the drug, and be limited in how much they could buy in a 30-day period. The limit would be enforced by computer tracking via a data base linking all stores that sell such drugs as Sudafed and Nyquil. (AP) ...Thus finally making it harder to buy cold medicine than meth.
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