There’s a bill in the Missouri House to make Sudafed prescription-only. The thought is that this will finally do the trick to shut down meth production, possibly the only industry in which Missouri leads the nation.
I thought this was so ridiculous that it wouldn’t get out of committee. Even the Missouri State Medical Association testified against the bill - I think this is the first time I have ever known them to come out against a bill that would give doctors more business and more control. Apparently the idea of having to visit the doctor and pay a co-pay to get cold medicine that works is so absurd that nobody could support it.
Except our lawmakers, who passed the bill in committee last week. Glad I have enough Sudafed to get me through my current illness and am leaving Missouri in two months!