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New Law Limits Access to Drug Ingredient

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March 23, 2005|From Times Wire Reports

Gov. Tom Vilsack signed a bill in Des Moines restricting access to pseudoephedrine, an ingredient in common cold medicine that's also used to produce the highly addictive drug methamphetamine.

The law prohibits one-time sales of more than a single package of liquid and liquid gel capsules containing less than 360 milligrams of pseudoephedrine -- about the amount found in children's cold medicines. Retailers must keep the products locked up.


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Packages containing more than 360 milligrams, and any nonliquid pseudoephedrine medications, will have to be bought from a pharmacist.

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