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- Anti-meth Bill Passes Senate; Limits Monthly Pseudoephedrine Purchases To 7.2 Grams A Month And 24 Grams A Year
In an effort to curb methamphetamine production, the Senate passed a bill Friday that will limit the amount of pseudoephedrine that can be bought monthly and annually. Senate Bill 3, approved 25-11, will allow consumers to buy 7.2 grams of medicine containing...
- Opponents Of Meds-for-meth Bill Hold Teleconference
Since they were not given the opportunity to speak at last week's legislative hearing about a move to make pseudoephedrine available mainly by prescription, opponents held a teleconference yesterday to air their opinions. It was hosted by representatives...
- Make Pseudoephedrine Available Only By Prescription And See What Effect It Has On Methamphetamine Making, Editorial Argues
The 2012 General Assembly should make the cold medicine pseudoephedrine available only by prescription to see if that curbs methamphetamine production, an editorial in the Lexington Herald-Leader argues. The editorial notes the plan of Democratic...
- Beshear May Need To Support Meds-for-meth Bill For It To Pass, Conway Says
Passage of a "meds-for-meth" bill next year could depend on how a re-elected Gov. Steve Beshear feels about the issue, on which he has not taken a position, Attorney General Jack Conway told Ryan Alessi on CN|2's "Pure Politics." Conway is a supporter...
- Sponsor Of Meds-for-meth Bill Now Willing To Accept Compromise Excluding Gel Capsules And Liquids
Legislators wanting to pass a bill that would make the key component to make methamphetamine available only by prescription are now willing to make a concession that they would not accept last week. House Speaker Greg Stumbo, D-Prestonsburg, said "supporters...
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"Stop Meth, Not Meds," ad sponsored by drug industry advises
With some legislators saying a law is needed to make the decongestant pseudoephedrine available only by prescription, the Kentucky Healthcare Products Association has launched an advertising campaign to fight the effort. The radio commercials urge "public support for a bill that would require prescriptions for pseudoephedrine ? but only for people with drug convictions," reports Ryan Alessi of cn|2's "Pure Politics." State Rep. Brent Yonts, D-Greenville, has pre-filed a bill to that effect.
"Can we really afford to miss work or school to go to our doctor every time someone in our family needs Allegra D and Mucinex D?" a female narrator asks in the ad. "The paper said politicians are pushing this because meth dealers use an ingredient in these medicines to help make their drugs." There seems to be a consensus that pseudoephedrine, the key ingredient to make meth, needs to be made less accessible in order to curb meth production, which has skyrocketed in the past year.
House Speaker Greg Stumbo, D-Prestonsburg, and Attorney General Jack Conway say Yonts' bill does not go far enough and won't prevent smurfing, "in which meth makers pay others to buy the maximum amount of pseudoephedrine for them," Alessi reports. Stumbo supports a bill drafted by Rep. Linda Belcher, D-Shepherdsville, that would require a prescription for pseudoephedrine but would expire after three years. (Read more)
- Anti-meth Bill Passes Senate; Limits Monthly Pseudoephedrine Purchases To 7.2 Grams A Month And 24 Grams A Year
In an effort to curb methamphetamine production, the Senate passed a bill Friday that will limit the amount of pseudoephedrine that can be bought monthly and annually. Senate Bill 3, approved 25-11, will allow consumers to buy 7.2 grams of medicine containing...
- Opponents Of Meds-for-meth Bill Hold Teleconference
Since they were not given the opportunity to speak at last week's legislative hearing about a move to make pseudoephedrine available mainly by prescription, opponents held a teleconference yesterday to air their opinions. It was hosted by representatives...
- Make Pseudoephedrine Available Only By Prescription And See What Effect It Has On Methamphetamine Making, Editorial Argues
The 2012 General Assembly should make the cold medicine pseudoephedrine available only by prescription to see if that curbs methamphetamine production, an editorial in the Lexington Herald-Leader argues. The editorial notes the plan of Democratic...
- Beshear May Need To Support Meds-for-meth Bill For It To Pass, Conway Says
Passage of a "meds-for-meth" bill next year could depend on how a re-elected Gov. Steve Beshear feels about the issue, on which he has not taken a position, Attorney General Jack Conway told Ryan Alessi on CN|2's "Pure Politics." Conway is a supporter...
- Sponsor Of Meds-for-meth Bill Now Willing To Accept Compromise Excluding Gel Capsules And Liquids
Legislators wanting to pass a bill that would make the key component to make methamphetamine available only by prescription are now willing to make a concession that they would not accept last week. House Speaker Greg Stumbo, D-Prestonsburg, said "supporters...