URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v05/n188/a11.html
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Pubdate: Sun, 30 Jan 2005
Source: Hattiesburg American (MS)
NEWS01/501300307/1002
Copyright: 2005 Hattiesburg American
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1646
Author: Jenny Hunsperger
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/meth.htm (Methamphetamine)
METH LAB SEIZURES ON RISE
When Rite-Aid pharmacy manager Tim Lewis tries to scan more than two
packages of cold medicine into the cash register, it won't allow the sale.
"When you scan the third box, it'll say, 'EHH, sorry. You're a drug head.
Please refer to front door," Lewis joked.
But Mississippi lawmakers say rising occurrences of at-home methamphetamine
labs in the state necessitate regulations like those already in place at
many Pine Belt stores like Rite-Aid.
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