Senate Committee Approves Pseudoephedrine Tracking System

{Charleston, West Virginia}...Thursday afternoon, members of the Senate Health and Human Resources Committee advanced the bill that includes a provision to implement a real time tracking system for the sale of medications that contain pseudoephedrine, a key ingredient in meth. Governor Earl Ray says the measure would cut down on smurfing which is when people go from pharmacy to pharmacy to buy the limit. Attempts from Kanawha County Senator and Doctor Dan Foster to change that part of the bill failed on Thursday afternoon. His two amendments that would have required prescriptions for the sale of medications that come with pseudoephedrine were rejected.