Methamphetamine Legislation
As a result of the "methamphetamine epidemic" several states have enacted legislation to control use of methamphetamine
- A good website from PBS about the meth epidemic and gives great detail about how and why meth abuse became "out of control" ......http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/meth/
Many of these laws focused on restricting access to products that contained pseudoephedrine, which is used for manufacturing Meth and can be found in widely used cold and allergy medicines
Oklahoma was the first state to enact this law in 2003, due to the death of a state trooper
- The law confined the sales of pseudoephedrine products to licensed pharmacis and requiring customers to sign a logbook when buying these products
- Found this article about the wife of the trooper suing Pfizer and other manufacturers saying they knew their medicine could be used by people to make Meth.....http://www.november.org/stayinfo/breaking06/MethSuit.html
As early as 2006, 39 other states had passed similar laws
The law's purpose was to restrict the manufacture of methamphetamine
Below are products that can be bought at stores and used to make Meth:
