State level bills that would have required a prescription for popular over-the-counter (OTC) cold relief medications in a bid to make home methamphetamine cooking more difficult have run into roadblocks in several…
Posts Tagged ‘Methamphetamine’
Pennsylvania SWAT Team Kills Meth Cooker in Drug Raid
May 8, 2011 | 35 views | No Comments
[[Editor's Note: This year, Drug War Chronicle is trying to track every death directly attributable to drug law enforcement during the year. We can use your help. If you come across a news account of a killing…
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Iran Declares War on Meth
February 8, 2011 | 4 views | No Comments
IAlready faced with one of the world's highest levels of opiate use, Iran is now confronting a new drug: methamphetamine. The Islamic Republic has responded with intensified law enforcement efforts and, last m…
Posted in NewsState Drug Warriors Want Prescription Requirement for Sudafed [FEATURE]
January 26, 2011 | 4 views | No Comments
Over-the-counter (OTC) cold medicine consumers in a number of states could become unwilling participants in the perpetual war against methamphetamine as legislators consider bills that would require prescriptions …
Posted in NewsAnti-Meth Laws Didn’t Work, Created Black Market in Cold Pills: AP
January 10, 2011 | 23 views | No Comments
The Associated Press is at it again. We reported last week on the AP's "occasional series" on the failures of drug prohibition, and now the news organization is out with another devastating piece of …
Posted in NewsDid CVS Buy Its Way Out of a Meth Indictment? [FEATURE]
January 5, 2011 | 17 views | No Comments
special to Drug War Chronicle by Clarence Walker
[Editor's Note: Clarence Walker is a veteran Houston-based journalist who writes on criminal justice issues and who dearly wishes this piece was called "C…
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