Missouri House members seek new cold medicine limits

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- After successfully opposing bills to require a prescription for products containing pseudoephedrine -- which can be used to manufacture methamphetamine -- the over-the-counter medicine industry is now backing proposals in two meth-heavy states that would curb the amount of pseudoephedrine a customer can buy and increase electronic tracking of purchases.

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