And for a meth cooker, he contends pseudoephedrine is like flour for a bread baker: If it can't be acquired, it can't be substituted. It takes 600 to 700 pseudoephedrine tablets to make a gram of meth ...

Methamphetamine is a potent stimulant in the same class of drugs as cocaine, but it’s far stronger, with effects that can ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A new form of pseudoephedrine that can't be used to make methamphetamine could reach the market by summer, offering a cold-remedy alternative that could prove fruitful in the ...

SPRINGFIELD -- Statewide restrictions on the sale of certain medications for colds could make it harder for illegal drug makers to head to Chicago to get large quantities of the ingredients they need ...

The U.S. Senate approved legislation Thursday designed to combat methamphetamine production across the nation. The Combat Meth Act bill passed 89-10 as part of the USA Patriot Act Reauthorization ...

WASHINGTON The days of buying some cold remedies off the shelf in drug stores soon may be gone, a casualty of the methamphetamine epidemic. Already more than a dozen states have laws that require ...

Siouxland Hy-Vee and Drug Town pharmacies are among the chain's stores that restricted access Thursday to some over-the-counter cold medicines in an attempt to make it harder for drug dealers to make ...