Tag: methamphetamine
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Group fighting meds-for-meth bill says it spent nearly $200,000 in January on lobbying, and that apparently omits radio buys
The group fighting a bill that would make the key ingredient for making methamphetamine available only by prescription spent more than $194,000 last month alone to lobby lawmakers, far more...
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Senate committee narrowly passes meds-for-meth bill as advocates start their own radio advertising campaign
In the face of a strong lobbying effort by makers of over-the-counter cold medicines, a state Senate committee narrowly approved a bill today that would require a prescription for most...
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Meds-for-meth bill could lead to overcrowding at doctors’ office, Hopkinsville hospital official says
Making pseudoephedrine available only by prescription has led to fears of packed waiting rooms in doctors’ offices, Dennis O’Neil writes for Hopkinsville’s Kentucky New Era. (Photo of Sudafed pills by...
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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...
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Requiring prescription for pseudoephedrine is ‘silver bullet’ against meth, drug officials say; some lawmakers disagree
By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News If Kentucky wants to arm itself with a “silver bullet” against methamphetamine, it needs to make pseudoephedrine available only prescription. That was the advice...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...