{Frankfort,
Kentucky}…Monday, Governor Steve Beshear joined members of the General
Assembly, representatives from the Kentucky Retail Federation, the Kentucky
Pharmacists Association and the Consumer Healthcare Products Association in announcing
the launch of a privately-funded statewide campaign aimed at increasing public
awareness about smurfing, the illegal process of buying products containing pseudoephedrine
on behalf of methamphetamine criminals. The goal of the Anti-Smurfing Campaign
is to inform potential smurfers and the general public-through signage displayed
at pharmacy sales counters that smurfing is a serious criminal offense that can
result in jail time.
