Oregon Alliance for
Drug Endangered Children

Prevent drug abuse;

Provide response resources to children when prevention fails; and

Aggressively break the cycles of drug abuse.

* Position paper of the National Methamphetamine and
Pharmaceuticals Initiative Advisory Board (PDF) (387kb)
"Law Enforcement does not want to arrest more
smurfers or find more methamphetamine labs.
Law Enforcement wants to eliminate smurfing
and prevent methamphetamine labs."

* A non-advocacy article by a pharmacy professor just
published in US Pharmacist journal (external link)

* "Meth Epidemic Solutions" (law review article)
82 N Dak L Rev 1195 (PDF) (454kb)

Comparing Oregon with the industry touted electronic tracking systems
(these three states currently have the gold standard of electronic tracking):
* Kentucky and Oregon meth lab incident statistics compared (PDF) (10kb)
* Oklahoma and Oregon meth lab incident statistics compared (PDF) (10kb)
* Arkansas and Oregon meth lab incident statistics compared (PDF) (10kb)

February 2010

Mississippi
     * Governor announces he will sign PSE prescription bill Gov Barbour (external link)
     * PSE prescription bill goes to Mississippi Governor WLBT (external link)
     * Senate passes PSE prescription bill 45 to 4 Business Week (external link)
     * House Bill 512, as passed by the House and Senate (PDF) (115kb)
     * Mississippi and Oregon meth lab incident statistics compared (PDF) (10kb)
Kentucky
     * Editorial: Move PSE to prescription Lexington Herald-Leader (external link)
     * Kentucky and Oregon meth lab incident statistics compared (PDF) (10kb)
Missouri
     * Missouri leads nation in meth labs again KBIA public radio (external link)
     * Meth labs on the rise in Missouri and nation St Louis Post-Dispatch (external link)
     * Meth labs on the rise in Missouri and nation fox4kc (external link)
     * Missouri and Oregon meth lab incident statistics compared (PDF) (10kb)
Tennessee
     * Editorial: Move PSE to prescription The Commercial Appeal (external link)
     * Tennessee and Oregon meth lab incident statistics compared (PDF) (10kb)

January 2010

National
     * Senator Ron Wyden announces he will be introducing the Meth Lab
             Elimination Act in Congress (returning PSE to prescription):
          * Editorial: Wyden takes on the smurfers The Source Weekly (external link)
          * Press Release Senator Wyden's web site (external link)
          * Media packet (PDF) (1.7mb)
          * News report Newport News-Times (external link)
     * Drug Czar speaks highly of Oregon's legislation returning PSE to prescription:
          * News report Oregon Public Broadcasting (external link)
Alabama
     * Legislator wants PSE returned to prescription WHNT (external link)
Indiana
     * Prosecutor proposes moving PSE to prescription Indiana News (external link)
     * Indiana and Oregon meth lab incident statistics compared (PDF) (10kb)
Kentucky
     * Kentucky police want help Bowling Green Daily News (external link)
     * 2009 saw most meth labs busts in Kentucky WHAS 11 (external link)
     * All-time high meth labs in 2009 Lex 18 (external link)
     * Meth labs soar in 2009 Kentucky State Police (external link)
     * Kentucky narcotic officers support returning PSE to prescription (PDF) (1mb)
Michigan
     * Record year for Michigan meth lab incidents Kalamazoo News (external link)
Mississippi
     * Op Ed (Sid Salter): Move PSE to prescription Clarion Ledger (external link)
     * House passes PSE prescription bill 105 to 15 The Dispatch (external link)
     * Legislative committees pass PSE prescription bills Business Week (external link)
     * Editorial: Move PSE to prescription Clarion Ledger (external link)
     * Mississippi plagued by meth labs The Legal Blotter (external link)
     * Access to medicine spurs action Clarion Ledger (external link)
Missouri
     * Meth lab fire highlights need for PSE prescription Post-Dispatch (external link)
     * Kennett returns PSE to prescription Examiner (external link)
     * Legislature debates PSE prescription bill Post-Dispatch (external link)
     * Local pharmacists support returning PSE to prescription Democrat (external link)
Oklahoma
     * Record number of meth labs in Tulsa in 2009 Tulsa World (external link)
     * Oklahoma and Oregon meth lab incident statistics compared (PDF) (10kb)
Oregon
     * Updated Oregon meth lab trends (2000-2009) (PDF) (14kb)
Tennessee
     * Tennessee ranks second in meth lab busts Tennesseean (external link)
Washington
     * Legislator wants PSE returned to prescription Valley News (external link)
     * Meth lab incidents back up to 186 in 2009 Washington DOE (external link)

December 2009

Indiana
     * Indiana hopes PSE database will curb meth labs Ft Wayne Journal (external link)
Kentucky
     * Officials want PSE returned to prescription Glasgow Daily Times (external link)
     * Kentucky debates returning PSE to prescription Herald-Leader (external link)
     * Narcotic officers want PSE returned to prescription Fox 41 (external link)
     * Narcotic officers want PSE returned to prescription WHAS (external link)
Missouri
     * Attorney General wants PSE returned to prescription MissouriNet (external link)
     * Legislators want PSE returned to prescription St Louis RFT blog (external link)
     * Poplar Bluff returns PSE to prescription KFVS 12 (external link)
     * Missouri debates returning PSE to prescription The Missourian (external link)
     * Jefferson County returns PSE to prescription Fox 2 (external link)
Oregon
     * Updated Oregon drug arrest data (PDF) (842kb)

November 2009

Alabama
     * Legislator wants PSE returned to prescription Times Daily (external link)
Indiana
     * Vigo Sheriff wants PSE prescription ordinance Wabash Valley (external link)
Missouri
     * Initial report on PSE sales in the City of Washington (PDF) (58kb)

October 2009

Missouri
     * The truth about PSE and meth labs Missourian Op Ed (external link)
     * Washington, Missouri, sees anti-meth law working Missourian (external link)
     * Missouri Attorney General opinion upholding local authority (PDF) (344kb)
Oklahoma
     * Legislator wants PSE returned to prescription Tulsa World (external link)
Oregon and national
     * Updated PowerPoint presentation (PDF) (1.7mb)
     * Meth fight goes to pharmacy Wall Street Journal (external link)
     * Final report of the Oregon Meth Task Force to Governor Ted Kulongoski:
          * Press Release Governor Kulongoski's web site (external link)
          * Report (PDF) (182k) Governor Kulongoski's web site (external link)

September 2009

Oregon and national
     * Editorial/Op Ed/Article regarding Oregon crime rates Oregonian (PDF) (400kb)
             * Oregon index crime ranking graph Beaverton Police Department (PDF) (63kb)
             * Oregon crime rate report Oregon Criminal Justice Commission (external link)
             * Oregon drug arrest data (PDF) (842kb)
     * Article from the Sept/Oct edition of Sheriff magazine (PDF) (1.3mb)

August 2009

National
     * Meth production in United States rebounds (NDIC Report) (PDF) (1.0 mb)

Special series media reports

* Meth series from the St Louis Post-Dispatch (external link)
* "Unnecessary Epidemic" series by the The Oregonian (external link)
* "The Meth Epidemic" by FRONTLINE (PBS) (external link)
* "The Oregon Front" by Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) (external link)

* United States Meth Lab Elimination Act (PDF) (29kb)
* California Senate Bill 484 (PDF) (176kb)
* Mississippi House Bill 512 (PDF) (115kb) (passed legislature on 2/2/1010)
* Missouri Senate Bill 655 (PDF) (705kb)
* Washington House Bill 2454 (PDF) (176kb)
NOTE: Click here for enacted 2005 Oregon House Bill 2485 (PDF) (73kb); the pseudoephedrine prescription-only provisions went into effect on July 1, 2006, and can be found in Sections 11 through 13 of the bill.

Resource information relating to the
Meth Lab Elimination Act (draft federal legislation)
(returning pseudoephedrine to prescription)

* United States Senator Ron Wyden announces he will be introducing the
   Meth Lab Elimination Act in Congress (moving PSE to prescription-only):
     * Editorial: Wyden takes on the smurfers The Source Weekly (external link)
     * Press Release Senator Wyden's web site (external link)
     * Media packet (PDF) (1.7mb)
     * News report Newport News-Times (external link)
* Draft federal legislation (Senator Wyden) (PDF) (29kb)
* Memo to Senator Wyden from the NDIC relating to smurfing (PDF) (230kb)
* Letter of support from the Oregon Medical Association (PDF) (14kb)
* Letter of support from Oregon State Pharmacy Association (PDF) (22kb)
* Letter of support from Oregon law enforcement associations (PDF) (312kb)
* Letter of support from National HIDTA directors (PDF) (122kb)
* Letter from Senator Wyden to his colleagues (PDF) (251kb)
 

* New Zealand moves PSE to a prescription drug and rejects the industry
   offer to pay for an electronic monitoring system:
   * Media Statement (PDF) (38k)
   * Action Plan Summary (PDF) (100k)
   * News Report Pharmacy News (external link)
   * Editorial The Press (external link)
 

Resource information relating to
Missouri city and county ordinances
returning pseudoephedrine to prescription

A. Resource Information
* Op Ed: The truth about PSE and meth labs Missourian (external link)
* Initial report on PSE sales in the City of Washington, Missouri (PDF) (58kb)
* Missouri leads nation in meth labs again KBIA public radio (external link)
* Meth labs on the rise in Missouri and nation St Louis Post-Dispatch (external link)
* Meth labs on the rise in Missouri and nation fox4kc (external link)
* Legislature debates PSE prescription bill Post-Dispatch (external link)
* Local pharmacists support returning PSE to prescription Democrat (external link)
* Attorney General wants PSE returned to prescription MissouriNet (external link)
* Poplar Bluff moves PSE to prescription KFVS 12 (external link)
* Missouri debates returning PSE to prescription The Missourian (external link)
* Jefferson County moves PSE to prescription Fox 2 (external link)
* Missouri legislators push PSE prescription-only St Louis RFT blog (external link)
* PSE sales plummet in the City of Washington St Louis Post-Dispatch (external link)
* City of Washington sees anti-meth law working Missourian (external link)
* Attorney General opinion upholding local authority (PDF) (344kb)
* Op Ed by Washington City Councilman Guy Midkiff (PDF) (21kb)
* Letter to Jefferson County Council from the industry (CHPA) (PDF) (81kb)
* Response to CHPA letter (PDF) (29kb)
* Letter to the Washington City Council from the Missouri ACLU (PDF) (657kb)
* Response to the letter from the Missouri ACLU (PDF) (29kb)

B. Notes
1. On July 6, 2009, the Washington City Council adopted an ordinance making the City of Washington, Missouri, the first city to make pseudoephedrine a prescription drug:
* News report from the Missourian (external link)
2. On August 3, 2009, the Washington City Council voted 5-2 to retain their ordinance making pseudoephedrine a prescription drug:
* News report from the Missourian (external link)
3. On October 12, 2009, the Union City Council voted unanimously to adopt an ordinance making the City of Union, Missouri, the second city to make pseudoephedrine a prescription drug:
* News Report from the News Tribune (external link)
* The Missouri ACLU again threatens to sue Missouri cities (external link)
4. On December 1, 2009, the Sullivan City Council voted 4-2 against a proposed ordinance that would have made pseudoephedrine a prescription drug.
5. On December 7, 2009, the Jefferson County Board of Executives voted unanimously to adopt an ordinance making pseudoephedrine a prescription drug:
* News report from Fox 2 (external link)
6. On December 21, 2009, the Poplar Bluff City Council voted 6-1 to adopt an ordinance making pseudoephedrine a prescription drug:
* News report from KFVS 12 (external link)
7. On January 19, 2010, the Kennett City Council voted unanimously to adopt an ordinance making pseudoephedrine a prescription drug:
* News report from KFVS 12 (external link)

Resource information relating to
Kentucky efforts to return
pseudoephedrine to prescription-only

* Editorial: Move PSE to prescription Lexington Herald-Leader (external link)
* Kentucky police want help Bowling Green Daily News (external link)
* 2009 saw most meth labs busts in Kentucky WHAS 11 (external link)
* All-time high meth labs in 2009 Lex 18 (external link)
* Meth labs soar in 2009 Kentucky State Police (external link)
* Kentucky narcotic officers support returning PSE to prescription (PDF) (1mb)
* Officials want PSE returned to prescription Glasgow Daily Times (external link)
* Kentucky debates returning PSE to prescription Herald-Leader (external link)
* Narcotic officers want PSE returned to prescription Fox 41 (external link)
* Narcotic officers want PSE returned to prescription WHAS (external link)
* Kentucky and Oregon meth lab incident statistics compared (PDF) (10kb)

Resource information relating to
Mississippi efforts to return
pseudoephedrine to prescription-only

* House Bill 512, as passed by the House and Senate (PDF) (115kb)
* Governor announces he will sign PSE prescription bill Gov Barbour (external link)
* PSE prescription bill goes to Mississippi Governor WLBT (external link)
* Senate passes PSE prescription bill 45 to 4 Business Week (external link)
* Op Ed (Sid Salter): Move PSE to prescription Clarion Ledger (external link)
* House passes PSE prescription bill 105 to 15 The Dispatch (external link)
* Legislative committees pass PSE prescription bills Business Week (external link)
* Editorial: Move PSE to prescription Clarion Ledger (external link)
* Mississippi plagued by meth labs The Legal Blotter (external link)
* Access to medicine spurs action Clarion Ledger (external link)
* Mississippi and Oregon meth lab incident statistics compared (PDF) (10kb)

Resource information relating to
California Senate Bill 484
(proposing to return pseudoephedrine to prescription-only) and
California Assembly Bill 1455
(proposing electronic monitoring; the industry alternative to SB 484)

An article by The Crime Report entitled
Cold Medicines Become a Hot Commodity: Meth Labs Production
boom in California from rise in drug store sales (external link)

ABC News from Sacramento (KGO, San Francisco):
Meth labs flourishing due to loop hole (external link)

A. Resource Notebook
     (provided to the California State Senate Public Safety Committee)
Cover (PDF) (148kb)
Index (PDF) (44kb)
Brochure (PDF) (224kb)
Tab 1 - Written Testimony, Information, and PowerPoint Presentation:
* Written Testimony (PDF) (128kb)
* Response to Sheriff Article (PDF) (107kb)
* Memo to Committee Staff (PDF) (545kb)
* PowerPoint Presentation (PDF) (972kb)
Tab 2 - Electronic monitoring is not the solution - NDIC Information:
* Report on pseudoephedrine smurfing in California (NDIC) (PDF) (561kb)
* Memo on pseudoephedrine smurfing (NDIC) (PDF) (230kb)
Tab 3 - Electronic monitoring is not the solution - LA Information:
* Letter from LA IMPACT (PDF) (1.6mb)
Tab 4 - Electronic monitoring is not the solution - Kentucky Information:
* Kentucky and Oregon Meth Lab Incident Statistics Compared (PDF) (10kb)
* Kentucky Meth Lab Incident Statistics (PDF) (10kb)
* Letter from LCADTF (PDF) (11kb)
* Letter from Kentucky State Police (PDF) (56kb)
* News Article (Lexington-Herald) (PDF) (124kb)
* News Article (Lexington-Herald) (PDF) (65kb)
* News Article (Richmond Register) (PDF) (16kb)
* Television Story (WTQV) (PDF) (36kb)
Tab 5 - Electronic monitoring is not the solution - Arkansas Information:
* Letter from Arkansas (PDF) (50kb)
Tab 6 - Electronic monitoring is not the solution - Missouri Information:
* Letter from Missouri (PDF) (102kb)
Tab 7 - Prescription-only is the solution - Oregon Pharmacists Letters:
* Letter from the Oregon State Pharmacy Association (PDF) (22kb)
Tab 8 - Prescription-only is the solution - Doctors Letters:
* Letter from the Oregon emergency room physicians (PDF) (36kb)
* Letter from Alex Stalcup, MD (PDF) (11kb)
Tab 9 - Prescription-only is the solution - Oregon Sheriffs and Chiefs letter:
* Letter from the Oregon Sheriffs and Police Chiefs (PDF) (33kb)
Tab 10 - Prescription-only is the solution - California DEC Alliance letter:
* Letter from the California Alliance for Drug Endangered Children (PDF) (280kb)
Tab 11 - Prescription-only is the solution - Oregon meth lab incident stats:
* Oregon Meth Lab Incident Statistics (PDF) (163kb)
Tab 12 - Response to CHPA ads and petition:
* Memo responding to CHPA ads and petition (PDF) (207kb)
* Letter from the State of Oregon re Medicaid costs (PDF) (266kb)
Tab 13 - Additional Information - PSE prices:
* Memo to CA BNE regarding pseudoephedrine prices (PDF) (21kb)
Tab 14 - Additional Op Ed and Letters:
* Op Ed by California State Senator Rod Wright (PDF) (19kb)
* Letter to Assembly Speaker from US Senator Diane Feinstein (PDF) (50kb)
* Letter to CA AG Jerry Brown from the Drug Czar (PDF) (331kb)
Tab 15 - Additional Information:
* Law Review Article "Meth Epidemic Solutions," 82 NoDakLR 1195 (PDF) (454kb)
Notebook Back Cover (PDF) (148kb)

B. Senate Bill 484 and Assembly Bill 1455 documents:
* SB 484 (PDF) (176kb)
* SB 484 information (Wright) (PDF) (284kb)
* SB 484 staff analysis (Assembly Public Safety) (PDF) (435kb)
* SB 484 fiscal analysis (Senate Appropriations) (PDF) (1.0mb)
* SB 484 savings analysis (BNE) (PDF) (109kb)
* AB 1455 (PDF) (217kb)

C. Notes:

1. Oklahoma and Oregon:
In 2004, Oklahoma and Oregon were the first two states to effectively control pseudoephedrine and reduce meth lab incidents.  Oklahoma was the first to move pseudoephedrine behind the counter, followed by Oregon.  Eventually, the two states went separate directions to control smurfing of pseudoephedrine.  Oklahoma limits pseudoephedrine sales to pharmacies only, and has a fully integrated electronic monitoring stop sale system.  Oregon moved pseudoephedrine to prescription-only.  Oklahoma finished 2008 with 213 total meth lab incidents, up from 148 in 2007.  That meth lab resurgence in Oklahoma is continuing: Oklahoma had 258 meth lab incidents during the first 5 months of 2009.  Even with pseudoephedrine sales limited to pharmacies only and with a fully integrated electronic monitoring stop sale system, Oklahoma had more meth lab incidents in the month of May of 2009 (64) than Oregon had over the entire last three years combined (61).  See updated Oregon Meth Lab Incident Statistics (PDF) (163kb)

2. Mexico has banned pseudoephedrine:
Mexico and five other nations have now banned pseudoephedrine entirely. Pseudoephedrine is the key ingredient necessary to make meth (d-methamphetamine).  As a result, California is experiencing a resurgence of small user meths labs and a resurgence of "super labs" run by drug trafficking organizations.  This is very bad news for California public safety, the environment and, most tragically, drug endangered children.  California is also again a source state for meth.  Current California meth labs, including the "super labs," are being fed by the smurfing of pseudoephedrine.  See the Situation Report (PDF) (561kb) entitled "Pseudoephedrine Smurfing Fuels Surge in Large-Scale Methamphetamine Production in California" just released by the National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC) in June of 2009.

3. Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) Program report:
From the recently released Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) Program report:
a. From the Executive Summary: "In Sacramento the proportion of arrestees involved in acquiring methamphetamine in the prior 30 days remains high (26%), unchanged from 2007, but in Portland reported acquisition is significantly lower (13%) than 2007 levels (23%)."
b. From the Conclusion: "Methamphetamine remains largely a regional phenomenon in this population and declines significantly in one of the ADAM II western sites (Portland) from 2007 (20% positive) to 2008 (15% positive). Thirty five percent of Sacramento arrestees test positive in 2008, representing no statistically significant change from 2007."
c. The full report can be found here: Adam II Report (PDF) (2.85mb)
See also Oregon drug arrest data (PDF) (378kb)

4. Status of California Senate Bill 484:
* On April 28, 2009, the bill passed the Senate Public Safety Committee by a vote of 6 to 1.
* On May 28, 2009, the bill passed the Senate Appropriations Committee by a vote of 7 to 5 (the bill would save the California State budget millions of dollars in meth lab cleanup and prison costs).
* On June 2, 2009, the bill passed the Senate by a vote of 22 to 10.
* On June 30, 2009, the bill was heard in the Assembly Public Safety Committee: 3 members voted for the bill; 2 members voted against the bill; but 2 members did not vote on the bill, thus the bill failed for lack of 4 votes in favor of the bill.  The bill is therefore on hold until January, 2010.  The Committee members are awaiting details and a proposed legislative "alternative" offered by the industry opponents, namely an electronic tracking system.

5. Status of California Assembly Bill 1455:
* The bill was scheduled for a hearing on On August 25, 2009.  That hearing was cancelled and the bill is now on hold.

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