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- House Panel Oks "meds For Meth" Bill; Chair Predicts Passage
The bill to limit purchases of the cold medicine used to make methamphetamine cleared another legislative hurdle Monday, and the chairman of the committee that approved it predicted that it will become law despite a heavy lobbying effort by over-the-counter...
- Meds-for-meth Bill Sent Back To Committee; Compromise In The Works, Original Sponsor Says
The bill that would make pseudoephedrine ? the key ingredient to make methamphetamine ? available only by prescription was taken off the Senate floor Thursday afternoon. The bill's original sponsor, Sen. Tom Jensen, R-London, said "he expects a compromise...
- 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...
- As Meds-for-meth Bill Languishes, Some Seek Compromise, But Bill's Sponsor Says Proposals Would Render It Ineffective
By Al Cross and Tara Kaprowy Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues As the bill to require prescriptions for three widely used decongestants remains short of votes to pass the Senate, there is talk of a compromise measure to thwart the use...
- Decongestant Prescription Bill Passes Panel; Both Parties Split
After hearing an endorsement from Kentucky's senior member of Congress, and opposition from the wife of another Republican congressman, a state Senate committee voted 6-4 to require precriptions for decongestants that are often used to make methamphetamine....
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As meds-for-meth bill dies, backer asks colleagues to find solution
The bill that would have required prescriptions for three popular decongestants used to make methamphetamine "was buried today, but not without a eulogy and a promise to resurrect it," Renee Shaw reported for Kentucky Educational Television.
KET's coverage was highlighted by parts of a floor speech from the bill's sponsor, Sen. Tom Jensen, R-London, who challenged his colleagues to come up with a solution to the meds-for-meth problem. "We're waiting for something very terrible to happen by not acting on this," he said. Holding out the prospects of wrecks, fires, explosions and other accidents meth makers could cause, he warned, "A tragedy's gonna happen here and then we're all really gonna feel bad."
Shaw noted that lobbies opposing the bill had creating "polarizing publicity" with radio and full-page newspaper advertising. A Senate committee approved the bill on a bipartisan 6-4 vote early last month but the measure never attracted enough support to gain a vote in the full Senate.
"If my solution is not the answer, figure out a way," Jensen pleaded. In another floor speech, Sen. Joey Pendleton, D-Hopkinsville, thanked Jensen for his work and said, "We have a tremendous problem here . . . I'm like him. Tell us what we need to do."
KET's coverage was highlighted by parts of a floor speech from the bill's sponsor, Sen. Tom Jensen, R-London, who challenged his colleagues to come up with a solution to the meds-for-meth problem. "We're waiting for something very terrible to happen by not acting on this," he said. Holding out the prospects of wrecks, fires, explosions and other accidents meth makers could cause, he warned, "A tragedy's gonna happen here and then we're all really gonna feel bad."
Shaw noted that lobbies opposing the bill had creating "polarizing publicity" with radio and full-page newspaper advertising. A Senate committee approved the bill on a bipartisan 6-4 vote early last month but the measure never attracted enough support to gain a vote in the full Senate.
"If my solution is not the answer, figure out a way," Jensen pleaded. In another floor speech, Sen. Joey Pendleton, D-Hopkinsville, thanked Jensen for his work and said, "We have a tremendous problem here . . . I'm like him. Tell us what we need to do."
- House Panel Oks "meds For Meth" Bill; Chair Predicts Passage
The bill to limit purchases of the cold medicine used to make methamphetamine cleared another legislative hurdle Monday, and the chairman of the committee that approved it predicted that it will become law despite a heavy lobbying effort by over-the-counter...
- Meds-for-meth Bill Sent Back To Committee; Compromise In The Works, Original Sponsor Says
The bill that would make pseudoephedrine ? the key ingredient to make methamphetamine ? available only by prescription was taken off the Senate floor Thursday afternoon. The bill's original sponsor, Sen. Tom Jensen, R-London, said "he expects a compromise...
- 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...
- As Meds-for-meth Bill Languishes, Some Seek Compromise, But Bill's Sponsor Says Proposals Would Render It Ineffective
By Al Cross and Tara Kaprowy Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues As the bill to require prescriptions for three widely used decongestants remains short of votes to pass the Senate, there is talk of a compromise measure to thwart the use...
- Decongestant Prescription Bill Passes Panel; Both Parties Split
After hearing an endorsement from Kentucky's senior member of Congress, and opposition from the wife of another Republican congressman, a state Senate committee voted 6-4 to require precriptions for decongestants that are often used to make methamphetamine....