Methamphetamine

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Tuscaloosa drug gang leader gets 25 years

By Staff Alabama Political Reporter U.S. District Judge L. Scott Coogler sentenced the leader of a drug ring trafficking methamphetamine and cocaine in Tuscaloosa County to 25 years in prison. The lengthy sentence was announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives Special Agent in Charge Steven L. Gerido and … Continued

December 1, 2017

Dothan Eagle: Misguided lawmaking

Staff Report In pondering a legislative approach to curbing the increasing incidence of methamphetamine labs in our state, Alabama lawmakers decided the best way to foil the cooks is to cut off their supply of ingredients. As a result, the millions of Alabama residents who aren’t amateur drug chemists but who do have need for … Continued

December 30, 2011

Lawmaker to consider prescription only pseudoephedrine

By Grant Hallmark Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY, Ala.–Alabama may be the next state to make pseudoephedrine prescription only. Mississippi and Oregon have passed similar laws, making the methamphetamine ingredient much more difficult to purchase for would be drug designers. Currently, the drug is considered a schedule V controlled substance. This means it is in the … Continued

Grant Hallmark

December 22, 2011