House Judiciary Committee Passes Meth Bill

{Frankfort, Kentucky}...The House Judiciary Committee voted 10-4 Monday, approving an anti-methamphetamine bill that would limit the amount of cold medicines containing pseudoephedrine that Kentuckians could buy without a prescription. The bill, sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Robert Stivers, calls for allowing Kentuckians to buy as much as 7.2 grams of pseudoephedrine in cold medications a month and 24 grams a year without a prescription. Representative Johnny Bell, D-Glasgow, who voted for the bill had sharp criticism for the pharmaceutical industry that has conducted a heavy media campaign against the bill, saying the industry has put money before people. Representative Stan Lee, R-Lexington, says it penalizes citizens for the criminal acts of others.