Kansas: Lawmakers in Parsons have unanimously approved a pseudoephedrine prescription law, a first in the state of Kansas. Doctors, pharmacists, and police officers all appeared before the Senate committee and asked them to pass the bill. The Consumer Healthcare Products Association tried to stop the passage of the bill, through newspaper ads in Kansas City, …..Read More
Making meth in Kansas and Missouri is about to get alot harder
August 28, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Making meth in Kansas and Missouri is about to get a lot harder, when computerized data tracking systems get installed in each and every one of their pharmacies. The Pharmaceutical Industry is going to gift each state with electronic tracking systems that will keep track of who may be buying pseudoephedrine-based products to manufacture methamphetamine. …..Read More
Kansas meth lab clean up program cut comes at high cost
August 16, 2009 By Leave a Comment
A meth lab clean up program that has operated in Kansas since 1999, that was cut from the state’s budget last month, has the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) concerned. For the last decade, whenever a meth lab has been discovered in Kansas, removal of the hazardous and volatile chemicals found at the scene, were …..Read More
Kansas farmers use locks to secure anhydrous ammonia tanks
July 31, 2009 By 2 Comments
Making meth in Kansas isn’t as easy as it used to be, thanks to the the efforts of the Kansas Methamphetamine Prevention Project. Through a collaborative effort with K-State Research and Extension, the Kansas Meth Prevention Project, has developed a lock that they hope will
Kansas meth lab clean up program ends
July 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Meth lab clean up funds in Kansas have ended, according to a report by the Associated Press. With $270,000 of its $313,000 budget cut, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment has decided to end the clean up program. Funding that remains in the Clandestine Drug Lab Response program will now be spent on closing …..Read More
Kansas Meth Lab cleanup budget cuts
December 2, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Contaminated meth lab homes in Kansas may not get decontaminated due to budget problems, according to Roderick Bremby, Secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. Funds to clean up toxic meth lab homes are on the agency’s chopping block, along with reduced funding for safety-net health clinics and teen pregnancy prevention projects. When …..Read More
Kansas pharmacies test piloting pseudoephedrine tracking program
September 26, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Kansas is test piloting a program called Methshield that has been used successfully in Australia to electronically track the purchases of products containing pseudoephedrine. The electronic tracking program is expected to help the meth lab prevention efforts of drug enforcement agents in the state.
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