pseudoephedrine

St. Louis Company May Have Answer To Ending Meth Labs

Maria Altman — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 09:26:00 +0000

Not many of us are chemists.

Yet by removing one oxygen atom average people here in Missouri regularly are turning common decongestants like Sudafed and Claritin-D into the illicit drug methamphetamine.

City may require prescription for pseudoephedrine

Rachel Lippmann — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 21:11:48 +0000

A south St. Louis alderwoman says she wants her legislation that would require a prescription for the common decongestant pseudoephedrine to start a conversation about combating the methamphetamine problem in Missouri.

Morning headlines: Monday, October 31, 2011

Julie Bierach, The Associated Press and Illinois Public Radio — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:15:38 +0000

Good morning! Here are some of today's starting headlines (other than yesterday's World Series rally):

Cold pill sales jump after new law in St. Charles County

Now that St. Charles County requires a prescription to purchase cold pills containing a key ingredient to methamphetamine, sales of the over-the-counter medications are soaring in three nearby St. Louis County towns.

Meth laws in some Mo. communities cause spikes elsewhere, including St. Louis area

The Associated Press — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 19:28:44 +0000

An increasing number of Missouri communities are fighting methamphetamine by requiring prescriptions to purchase cold and allergy pills containing pseudoephedrine - a meth ingredient. But police believe the meth makers are simply going to neighboring towns and counties to get their pills.

Narcotics officers said Tuesday that pseudoephedrine sales are up sharply in some Missouri locations without prescription laws, including St. Louis city and county.

Morning headlines: Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Julie Bierach and The Associated Press — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:24:40 +0000

Peabody Coal, ArcelorMittal to buy Australian coal giant

According to the St. Louis Business Journal, Australian coal giant Macarthur Coal has agreed to be bought by Peabody Energy and ArcelorMittal for $5.2 billion. St. Louis-based Peabody has pursued Macarthur for more than a year.

The Australian company is the biggest miner of pulverized coal, which is used in making steel and in great demand in Asia.