Somerville, MA: Police, DEA, Fire, Hazmat, Helicopters, Converge On Home Of Suffolk University Professor

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Somerville, MA:  Police, DEA agents, firefighters, a hazmat team, and helicopters all converged on an Oxford Street home in Somerville, around 9:45 this morning , surprising neighbors and the owner of the home,  Irina Kristy. Kristy, a Suffolk University Math Professor, who lives on the second floor of the duplex home with a grown son, …..Read More

Michigan judge offers deal to meth cook if he pays for clean up of rented home

A Michigan judge has ordered Ray Robinson, 51, from Alma, to pay his landlords more than $20,000 for contaminating their house with meth lab chemicals, in return for a delayed sentence. Robinson’s $21,000 methlab cleanup bill includes the cost of removing meth lab contamination from the home’s HVAC system and replacing other items in the …..Read More

Breaking News: Wagoner Oklahoma Mayor refuses to repeal pseudoephedrine ordinance despite AG ruling

Oklahoma: Wagoner Mayor, James Jennings, won’t be repealing the pseudoephedrine prescription ordinance that was passed in his city, earlier this year. Despite a recent opinion ruling by the Oklahoma Attorney General’s office that deemed the ordinances in Wagoner, Okmulgee, Holdenville, and McAlester to be illegal, the pseudoephedrine ordinance in Wagoner will remain in effect, according to …..Read More

Indiana meth labs on track to set another new state record

Indiana may set another new record for meth lab seizures this year, if current trends continue. Last year, Indiana law enforcement found 1, 346 meth labs, three more than the 1,343 meth labs it seized in 2009. By June of this year, State police had already seized 741 meth labs, a troubling sign considering those …..Read More

St. Charles County Missouri passes pseudoephedrine prescription law

On Monday, St. Charles County joined over 45 cities and towns in Missouri that require consumers to have a doctor’s prescription to buy any form of pseudoephedrine, including gel caps. The new law, which is expected to take effect within a month, will effect 56 pharmacies located in St. Charles county.  Passage of the prescription …..Read More

Jefferson County Missouri: Festus passes prescription pseudoephedrine law

Missouri (7/13/11) :   In a unanimous show of support, Festus City Council members passed a city-wide ordinance on Wednesday that restricts the sale of pseudoephedrine only to those with a doctor’s prescription. Festus is the third city in Jefferson County to pass a PSE prescription law in an effort to protect their community from the …..Read More

Evansville, Indiana: Dogs warn families about meth lab house explosion and fire

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Evansville, Indiana:  A meth lab explosion, that caught two homes on fire and damaged two others at about 1 a.m. Sunday morning, came as a surprise to residents of Stinson Avenue. One of those neighbors, whose home at 1711 Stinson Ave caught on fire, told reporters that his dog’s barks woke he and his wife …..Read More

Missouri towns with pseudoephedrine prescription laws rising fast

While Missouri legislators continue their debate over pseudoephedrine (PSE) prescription laws, local political leaders and pharmacists across the state are taking their meth lab problem in to their own hands. As of June 2011, 40 Missouri cities and towns now require consumers to have a doctor’s prescription to buy pseudoephedrine and at least a dozen …..Read More

Louisville Kentucky Emergency Medicine Professor speaks out about pseudoephedrine

William Spafford Smock, MD, FACEP, FAAEM, a Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Louisville School of Medicine speaks his mind about pseudoephedrine, meth labs, and the Kentucky legislators who failed to pass a prescription pseudoephedrine law that would have helped the state eliminate its meth lab problem. Pseudoephedrine Scheduling …. or a date …..Read More

Michigan legislators introduce pseudoephedrine tracking bills

LANSING (April 12, 2011) Republican Michigan legislators,  Sen. John Proos (R-St. Joseph) and Rep. Amanda Price (R-Holland) have introduced two bills to address Michigan’s meth lab problem. Proos’ bill would require retailers to use electronic tracking systems that would record and track information about consumers who are buying pseudoephedrine(PSE). A bill by Rep. Amanda Price …..Read More