The information presented below shows the URGENT NEED to make pseudoephedrine a prescription drug.
- Supporters might compromise on prescriptions for cold medicines (February 22, 2011)
- E-Z Meth report from WBKO on the ease of smurfing pseudoephedrine for meth labs. (February 3, 2011)
- Prescriptions are needed to fight meth war (January 19, 2011)
- Rogers Op-Ed: Will We Save the Kaydens or Hit the Snooze? (January 13, 2011)
- New War On Drugs (January 13, 2011)
- Official: Stronger meth laws are essential; Task force director supports bill that would make cold meds available only by prescription (January 13, 2011)
- MethCheck does not stop ’smurfing’ (January 11, 2011)
- Skeens, Cain split on drug proposal (January 10, 2011)
- Kentucky in top 3 for meth incidents despite tracking laws (January 10, 2011)
- Comment on Kentucky (video) (December 10, 2010)
- Open another front in fight against meth (December 5, 2010)
- Kentucky Lobbying Reports Released (December 3, 2010)
- How to Kill the Meth Monster (November 15, 2010)
- Kentucky explores requiring prescription for pseudoephedrine to curb meth labs (November 15, 2010)
- CVS Pharmacy Inc. agreed to pay a $75-million fine and forfeit $2.6 million in profits on the unlawful sales of pseudoephedrine in California and Nevada in 2007 and 2008, according to federal prosecutors based in Los Angeles. (October 15, 2010)
- Kids home as meth lab explodes; none hurt (September 17, 2010)
- Castaway kids: when parents use meth, children become casualties (September 15, 2010)
- Crime rate in Oregon drops to lowest levels in four decades (September 13, 2010)
- Four Children in Home with Meth Lab on Hanson Road (September 10, 2010)
- Meth arrests and lab seizures declining in Jackson County (September 7, 2010)
- Insight: Pseudoephedrine often eludes law’s reach (September 5, 2010)
- Indiana eyeing new model for fighting meth in state (August 6, 2010)
- Newborn baby decontaminated after meth lab discovered (July 16, 2010)
- As court cases skyrocket, kids go without help (July 12, 2010)
- A better way to fight meth abuse is needed (July 11, 2010)
- Meds hindering meth war (July 8, 2010)
- Methamphetamine: Prescription-only or e-tracking systems? (June 15, 2010)
- OHSU Emergency Department reports fewer meth-related visits following 2006 ‘anti-meth’ legislation (June 7, 2010)
- Winning the War on Meth Labs (May 20, 2010)
- Woman Burned in Meth Lab Explosion (April 28, 2010)
- Meth Lab Bust Injures Barren Co. Sheriff (April 28, 2010)
- Oregon’s Simple Solution to the Meth Epidemic (March 26, 2010)
- Drug task force finds children in home with meth lab; two arrested (March 12, 2010)
- Over-the-counter medicines group is state’s top lobbyist (March 01, 2010)
- Two Children, Meth Lab Discovered at Bell County Residence (February 23, 2010)
- Three drug arrests for Corbin PD (February 23, 2010)
- Four arrested at suspected Whitley County meth lab (February 21, 2010)
- Pseudoephedrine Scheduling or ... a Date with Methamphetamine?
- The Oregon Alliance for Drug Endangered Children
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