Policy & Legislation
Conduct a search of the MethResources database to review Federal legislative actions.
Both federal- and state-level legislation has provided increased funding
to train law enforcement personnel in the cleanup of dump sites and
the remediation of former meth labs, provided support for meth prevention
and treatment programs, limited the quantity of cold medicines containing
pseudoephedrine or ephedrine that may be sold over-the-counter, and
required proper identification is shown when purchasing products which
may be used in the making of meth.
Specifically, key pieces of passed federal meth-related legislation include:
Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act (CMEA) of 2005: This law regulates retail over-the-counter sales of products containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine. Retail provisions of the CMEA include daily sales limits and 30-day purchase limits, placement of product out of direct customer access, sales logbooks, customer ID verification, employee training, and self-certification of regulated sellers.
Methamphetamine Remediation Research Act of 2007: This law establishes a research program to develop guidelines, based on the best currently available scientific knowledge, for the cleanup and remediation of former meth labs, including guidelines regarding preliminary site assessment and the remediation of residual contaminants.
Methamphetamine Production Prevention Act of 2008: This law requires retail sellers of legal substances used in the production of methamphetamine to use an electronic logbook or a bound paper book to obtain required information (i.e., name and address of purchaser, date and time of sale, and quantity sold) for sales of listed chemicals (e.g., legal substances used in the production of methamphetamine).
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