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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...
- Require All To Have A Prescription For Pseudoephedrine, Or Just Meth Criminals? Officials Debate The Issue On Ket
By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News If something isn't done now about the prevalence of methamphetamine in Kentucky, "We're going to lose a generation." That was one of the jarring comments from one of the public officials who discussed ways...
- 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...
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Conway, Stumbo say Yonts' pseudoephedrine bill doesn't do enough to stop smurfing
State Rep. Brent Yonts, D-Greenville, has proposed a bill that would make people who have been convicted of meth-related crime to get a prescription to buy pseudoephedrine, but Attorney General Jack Conway and House Speaker Greg Stumbo both told cn|2's "Pure Politics" that the bill wouldn't do much to fight the problem.
"It's not enough," Conway said. "We need to prevent smurfing. We saw the number of meth labs in this state double last year." Smurfing is the use of surrogates to buy ingredients on behalf of those who might otherwise not be allowed to bu
"It's a start, but it's not enough," Stumbo said of Yonts' bill. "I mean, if they were convicted of it, chances are they would still be in jail. But that's kind of like closing the door after the fox has already gotten into the chicken house."
Pseudoephedrine is the key ingredient used to make methamphetamine and is found in many cold medicines, including Sudafed. There are limits for how much of the medicine each person can buy each month, but that has not stopped the problem, Conway say.
As for how the problem will be addressed in the upcoming legislative session, Stumbo said he thinks "The stars are lined up to where we'll have a good, comprehensive bill," but "I don't know what it's going to look like." (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...
- Require All To Have A Prescription For Pseudoephedrine, Or Just Meth Criminals? Officials Debate The Issue On Ket
By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News If something isn't done now about the prevalence of methamphetamine in Kentucky, "We're going to lose a generation." That was one of the jarring comments from one of the public officials who discussed ways...
- 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...