Morning headlines: Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Peabody Coal, ArcelorMittal to buy Australian coal giant According to the St. Louis Business Journal, Australian coal giant Macarthur Coal has agreed to be bought by Peabody Energy and ArcelorMittal...
View ArticleMeth laws in some Mo. communities cause spikes elsewhere, including St. Louis...
An increasing number of Missouri communities are fighting methamphetamine by requiring prescriptions to purchase cold and allergy pills containing pseudoephedrine - a meth ingredient. But police...
View ArticleMorning headlines: Monday, October 31, 2011
Good morning! Here are some of today's starting headlines (other than yesterday's World Series rally):Cold pill sales jump after new law in St. Charles CountyNow that St. Charles County requires a...
View ArticleCity may require prescription for pseudoephedrine
A south St. Louis alderwoman says she wants her legislation that would require a prescription for the common decongestant pseudoephedrine to start a conversation about combating the methamphetamine...
View ArticleSt. Louis Company May Have Answer To Ending Meth Labs
Not many of us are chemists.Yet by removing one oxygen atom average people here in Missouri regularly are turning common decongestants like Sudafed and Claritin-D into the illicit drug methamphetamine.
View ArticleMo. officials back more restrictions aimed at meth
Looking for some relief from that nagging winter bug? Want to buy some cold medicine to do the trick?Not so fast.
View Article"Keep government out of your medicine cabinet," new ads say
An industry group representing manufacturers of over-the-counter drugs has begun running radio ads against a Missouri proposal requiring a doctor's prescription to buy certain cold medicines.The...
View ArticleMorning headlines: Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Missouri Senate Stops Short of Approving Local Control of St. Louis Police Dept.Missouri senators have embraced a proposal that would allow St. Louis to control the city police force, ending the...
View ArticleSt. Charles Co. hopes to reduce meth production with prescription requirement
Residents in St. Charles County will soon need a prescription to purchase cold and allergy pills containing pseudoephedrine, the key ingredient in methamphetamine.
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