A small family-owned pharmacy in Lincoln County
Meds 2 Go Express owner Philip Michael says demand for
pseudoephedrine products soared at his Alum Creek pharmacy after a Wal-Mart
store 7 miles away in South Charleston
Pseudoephedrine is illegally used to make methamphetamine.
Michael says the influx of new customers became troubling. He says they would
show up before the store opened at 9 a.m.
A pseudoephedrine tracking system called NPlex shows that the pharmacy's
sales jumped from 140 boxes in August to 570 boxes in October.
