Meth is making a comeback in WA, DEA warns, and its more potent and dangerous than ever

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

Meth ingredients as common as a cold

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 ...
Southeast Missourian

Anti-meth legislation would limit access to cold medicine

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 ...
The Dispatch / The Rock Island Argus

New law turns cold shoulder to meth manufacturers

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 ...
Janesville Gazette

Three plead guilty after meth cook displaces apartment residents in Delavan

Delavan police May 25 responded to 710 Faryl Ave., No. 14, and found what looked like a meth cook and materials for making meth, according to the criminal complaint. A dog found in the home was acting ...
The Times and Democrat

Support grows for federal limit on sale of meds used to make meth

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 ...
Sioux City Journal

Hy-Vee restricts access to some over-the-counter cold medicines in an effort to curb meth making

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 ...