At the height of the methamphetamine epidemic, several states turned to a new weapon to disrupt the drug trade: electronic systems that could track sales of the cold medicine used to make meth.But an Associated Press analysis of federal data reveals that the practice has not only failed to curb the meth trade, which is growing again after a brief decline. It also created a vast and highly lucrative market for profiteers to buy over-the-counter pills and sell them to meth producers at a huge markup.
APee so rest at link. Honestly, did anyone NOT see this problem coming? Besides dumb-ass politicians I mean.
A black market for cold remedies, you say. Darned good thing the druggies don't need aspirin, tylenol or motrin to make meth, one can only imagine...