{Kentucky}...Kentucky is currently fourth in the nation when it comes to meth production. The Consumer Healthcare Products Association says meth production is a problem in Kentucky and as a result they are drafting a bill that would prevent convicted meth offenders from purchasing over the counter pseudoephedrine. CHPA representatives say the bill would also lower the purchase of pseudoephedrine to seven and half grams per month and sixty grams annually. Elizabeth Funderburk, Senior Director of Media Relations at CHPA, says compromise is the solution to the meth epidemic in Kentucky. Funderburk says the Association hopes implementing the meth offender registry block list, which is expected to soon be in use in Tennessee, will strike at the heart of the criminal meth cook. Dan Smoot with Operation UNITE says the meth registry won't work for the same reason meth check doesn't work. People just get others to buy the products for them.
