APNewsBreak: CVS fined for sale of meth ingredient

Published October 17, 2010

APNewsBreak: CVS fined for sale of meth ingredient
CVS Pharmacy Inc. has agreed to pay $ 75 million in fines for allowing repeated purchases of a key ingredient in the making of methamphetamine in at least five states that also led to a spike in Southern California drug trafficking, authorities said Thursday.
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CVS fined for sales of meth ingredient
CVS Pharmacy employed a new automated system to keep tabs on the sale of one of meth’s main ingredients, pseudoephedrine, often found in cold remedies, but the program didn’t account for people scooping as much medicine as they wanted in a given day.
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