Post by PapaEZRA on Apr 25, 2005 23:26:18 GMT -5
Wal-Mart to restrict sales of cold medicines
The Associated Press
Updated: 7:20 p.m. ET April 25, 2005
NEW YORK - All Wal-Mart stores will move many nonprescription cold and allergy medications behind pharmacy counters by June because they include an ingredient used to make the illegal stimulant methamphetamine, the company said Monday.
The world’s largest retailer — which has nearly 4,000 Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club stores in the United States and another 1,600 international locations — will join rivals Target Corp. and Albertson’s Inc. in making such a move throughout all locations.
All three retailers are trying to make it more difficult for customers to easily obtain medications containing pseudoephedrine, which is a key component for making methamphetamine, a powerfully addictive drug. Popular over-the-counter medications such as Pfizer Inc.’s Sudafed and Sinutab and rival Schering-Plough Corp.’s Afrin nasal spray. list pseudoephedrine among their active ingredients.
The Associated Press
Updated: 7:20 p.m. ET April 25, 2005
NEW YORK - All Wal-Mart stores will move many nonprescription cold and allergy medications behind pharmacy counters by June because they include an ingredient used to make the illegal stimulant methamphetamine, the company said Monday.
The world’s largest retailer — which has nearly 4,000 Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club stores in the United States and another 1,600 international locations — will join rivals Target Corp. and Albertson’s Inc. in making such a move throughout all locations.
All three retailers are trying to make it more difficult for customers to easily obtain medications containing pseudoephedrine, which is a key component for making methamphetamine, a powerfully addictive drug. Popular over-the-counter medications such as Pfizer Inc.’s Sudafed and Sinutab and rival Schering-Plough Corp.’s Afrin nasal spray. list pseudoephedrine among their active ingredients.