By Rose Krzton-Presson
Kentucky – Democratic Representative Brent Yonts of Greenville is pre-filing a bill that will monitor medicine purchases of those convicted of a meth-related crimes. Those individuals would have to get a prescription to buy common cold medicines that include pseudoephedrine- a common ingredient in methamphetamines. Yonts says he doesn't want these medicines to require a prescription for everyone.
"On Saturday night when their kids have the sniffles all of a sudden, they can't get it without going to the doctor, paying a co-pay, paying a deductible, then having to go wait in a pharmacy line. As one Republican House member said, with her kids being as active as they are, it gets into a quality of life issue for the family."
A bill that would have required prescriptions for medicine containing pseudoephedrine failed in last year's general assembly. The act will be discussed on January 3rd when the state's General Assembly next meets.