Tagged: Pseudoephedrine

A campaign against the practice known as "smurfing" was launched Monday in Lexington. Smurfing is the practice of buying drugs over the counter and selling them to illegal drug makers for profit. In Kentucky, meth cooks are using smurfs to avoid the state's real-time, stop-sell system that prevents pseudoephedrine buyers from going over the legal limit.

Today on NPR: Here's what it looks like when about 18-minutes worth of professional fireworks all go up at once.

Around the Commonwealth:

On Thursday, dozens of laws passed in this year'’s legislative session will become active.

"When Earl played, he put fire in his right hand...it had the stank on it...it was the right thing." - Ricky Skaggs

NPR reports Earl Scruggs, legendary banjo picker and giant of bluegrass music, has passed away at the age of 88.