McMinn County’s sheriff is calling for a 100-day ban on the sale of pseudoephedrine products throughout Tennessee.
Sheriff Joe Guy is asking that all retails stores suspend the sale of cold medicines that contain pseudoephedrine — the main ingredient in the manufacture of meth — and is asking for sheriffs across the state to promote similar requests, a news release states.
“Few can argue that if there is no pseudoephedrine, there is no meth,” Guy said in the release.
Tennessee is second in the country for the number of meth labs seized. McMinn County led the state with 161 meth labs seizures in 2010.
For complete details, see tomorrow’s Times Free Press.
Joy Lukachick is a crime reporter for the Chattanooga Times Free Press. Since 2009, she's covered breaking news, high-profile trials, stories of lost lives and of regained hope and done investigative work. Raised near the Bayou, Joy’s hometown is along the outskirts of Baton Rouge, La. She has a bachelor’s degree in mass communication from Louisiana State University. While at LSU, Joy was a staff writer for the Daily Reveille. When Joy isn't chasing down ...
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