Tag: methamphetamine

Philip Morris’s parent company and drug makers spent the most on lobbying the state legislature last year

The two biggest-spending lobbies of the state legislature last year were a tobacco company that opposes a statewide smoking ban and a group of drug makers who oppose a bill...

By tara_kaprowy February 1, 2011 YOUR HEALTH
Lobbying on bills to require prescriptions for meds like pseudoephedrine intensifies in Kentucky and West Virginia

The lobbying battle over meds and meth is ramping up in Kentucky and West Virginia, with business interests weighing in against it in Kentucky. The Kentucky Chamber of Commerce issued...

By tara_kaprowy January 27, 2011 YOUR HEALTH
Congressman weighs in on state issue, supporting prescription rule for cold medicines used to make methamphetamine

Republican U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers of Kentucky’s 5th District is backing state legislation that would require a prescription for the sale of medicines like pseudoephedrine, a key ingredient in the...

By tara_kaprowy January 19, 2011 YOUR HEALTH

Philip Morris’s parent company and drug makers spent the most on lobbying the state legislature last year