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Drug Abuse
Safeway adds restrictions for pseudoephedrine product sales to curtail meth abuse
April 8th, 2006
Safeway Inc., in support of new legislation signed into law by President Bush to curtail the rising abuse of methamphetamine (meth), announced additional measures it is taking to restrict the sale and availability of products containing PSE in its stores. The new law establishes uniform standards for the sale of cough and cold products containing pseudoephedrine (PSE), a major ingredient in the production of meth. Safeway has reduced the number of products available for sale in its stores to approximately 17, down from more than 75 products a year ago. Products containing PSE can only be purchased from a Safeway pharmacy. Safeway stores without a...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2006-04-08)
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