Analysis: computer tracking of cold medicine sales fails to stop meth production

Published January 11, 2011

Analysis: computer tracking of cold medicine sales fails to stop meth production
ST. LOUIS, Mo. — At the height of the methamphetamine epidemic, several states turned to electronic systems that could track sales of the cold medicine used to make meth. Tracking sales by computer allowed pharmacies to check instantly whether a buyer had already purchased the legal limit of pseudoephedrine. The step was supposed to make it harder to obtain raw ingredients for meth.
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Tracking laws don’t halt meth
ST. LOUIS #8212; At the height of the methamphetamine epidemic, several states turned to a new weapon to disrupt the drug trade: electronic systems that could track sales of the cold medicine used to make meth.
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