CARSON CITY, Nev. – On Tuesday, Nevada Assembly Republicans killed anti-meth legislation that would charge a $200 fee for convenience stores to register to sell cold and allergy medicines containing pseudoephedrine, reports the Las Vegas Sun.
Democratic Assemblywoman Sheila Leslie told the Las Vegas Sun the burden on stores is small, adding they didn’t have to sell such drugs if they don’t want to comply with reporting requirements. “The less we have these products available to the public, the fewer meth labs we are going to have, the fewer people are going to get addicted, the fewer people are going to be clogging our prison system due to this horrible drug,” she said.
The Assembly did pass SB112, which mirrors a federal anti-meth law that went into effect last fall and restricts access to medicines that can be used to make meth. SB112 restricts the amount of cold and allergy medicines a customer can buy in one month, places them out of reach, and requires customers to sign a log book, while still leaving the drugs classified for over-the-counter purchases.