More OK Towns Pass Meth Ordinances
More OK towns pass meth ordinances – A growing number of Oklahoma towns are passing city ordinances in the hope of curbing the meth epidemic.
Ind. mayors arguing for tougher cold medicines law
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Indiana has long been at the center of the national meth epidemic and had the third-most meth lab seizures of any state last year, with 1,429, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. Rep. Wendy McNamara, R-Mount Vernon, told the …
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Tribes stepping up war on drugs
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30 edition of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Times newspaper, reported "The Three Affiliated Tribes have survived the small pox epidemic but is facing a new epidemic drug addiction. Substances like heroin, methamphetamine, prescription pills …
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Regulate bullets, not guns
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… I think, so here's my better idea for bullet control: make bullets as hard to purchase as cold medicine. Back when Iowa's Legislature realized they could do something about the meth epidemic just through cold medicine control, they wasted no time …
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10 Things Your Drugstore Won't Say
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When pharmacies sold out of flu treatment Tamiflu during the epidemic this winter, the FDA posted the drug's recipe online, and drugstores quietly whipped up their own batches. This practice, known as compounding, has become … “We recognize there's …
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