COMMITTEE PASSES METH BILL

The House Criminal Justice Committee passed a bill Tuesday seeking to
control the flow of pseudoephedrine to methamphetamine producers. "It all
goes back to one thing: They (meth makers) need pseudoephedrine," said Mark
Woodward, spokesman for the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics.

Named after Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper Nikky Green, whom investigators
believe was killed Dec. 26 by a meth addict operating a lab out of his car,
House Bill 2176 limits sales of the popular ingredient in cold medicine to
pharmacies. The bill would also require buyers to show a photo ID and sign
a document.

Sales of "clean urine" would also become a misdemeanor carrying a $500 penalty.