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.

NEW: Resource information relating to
California Senate Bill 484
(proposing to return pseudoephedrine to prescription-only)

A. Resource Notebook
(provided to the California State Assembly Public Safety Committee)
* Cover (PDF) (43kb)
* Index (PDF) (289kb)
* Addition: Letter from US Senator Diane Feinstein (PDF) (43kb)
* Addition: Letter from Alex Stalcup, MD (PDF) (289kb)
* Notebook pocket: Brochure (PDF) (184kb)
Tab 1 - Written Testimony and PowerPoint Presentation:
* Written Testimony (PDF) (42kb)
* Memo to Committee Staff (PDF) (545kb)
* PowerPoint Presentation (PDF) (1.2mb)
Tab 2 - Electronic monitoring is not the answer:
* Report on pseudoephedrine smurfing in California (NDIC) (PDF) (561kb)
Tab 3 - Electronic monitoring is not the answer:
* Letter from LA IMPACT (PDF) (1.6mb)
Tab 4 - Electronic monitoring is not the answer:
* Letter from Kentucky (LCADTF) (PDF) (11kb)
* Letter from Kentucky State Police (PDF) (56kb)
* Kentucky Meth Lab Incident Statistics (PDF) (10kb)
Tab 5 - Electronic monitoring is not the answer:
* Letter from Arkansas (PDF) (50kb)
Tab 6 - Electronic monitoring is not the answer:
* Letter from Missouri (PDF) (102kb)
Tab 7 - Prescription-only is the solution:
* Letter from the Oregon State Pharmacy Association (PDF) (22kb)
Tab 8 - Prescription-only is the solution:
* Letter from the Oregon emergency room physicians (PDF) (36kb)
Tab 9 - Prescription-only is the solution:
* Letter from the Oregon Sheriffs and Police Chiefs (PDF) (33kb)
Tab 10 - Prescription-only is the solution:
* Letter from the California Alliance for Drug Endangered Children (PDF) (280kb)
Tab 11 - Prescription-only is the solution:
* 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:
* Memo to CA BNE regarding pseudoephedrine prices (PDF) (21kb)
Tab 14 - Additional Information:
* Letter to CA AG Jerry Brown from the Drug Czar (PDF) (331kb)
Tab 15 - Additional Information:
* Law Review Article (PDF) (454kb)

B. Senate Bill 484 documents:
* Senate Bill 484 (PDF) (176kb)
* Info (Wright) (PDF) (284kb)
* Staff analysis (Assembly Public Safety) (PDF) (435kb)
* Fiscal analysis (Senate Appropriations) (PDF) (1.0mb)
* Savings analysis (BNE) (PDF) (109kb)

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 trends (PDF) (378kb)

4. Status of California Senate Bill 484:
* On April 28, 2009, California Senate Bill 484 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.
* NEW: 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 now subject to reconsideration for one week.  In the meantime, the Committee members are awaiting details and a proposed legislative "alternative" offered by the opponents, namely an electronic tracking system.

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