Free Republic

AUSTIN -- Cold remedies such as Sudafed would be placed in secure counters in Texas drug stores, and records would be kept on who purchases it under legislation designed to combat the manufacture of methamphetamine that won unanimous Senate approval on Wednesday. "By requiring placement behind the pharmacy counter the ingredient that meth cooks must have, we will drastically reduce the ability of drug abusers to cook this highly volatile drug in our fields, neighborhoods, apartment complexes, hotels and even vehicles," said state Sen. Craig Estes, R-Wichita Falls, the legislation's author. Estes backed off from his earlier proposal in Senate...