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RSMo 195.418effective 01 Jan 2017

Limitations on the retail sale of methamphetamine precursor drugs

In plain English

Stores can only sell certain cold medicines and similar products in small amounts. Each package sold can have no more than three grams of the active ingredient. The pills also have to come in blister packs with no more than two pills per blister. Breaking these rules on purpose is a crime.

Word-for-word law

195.418. Limitations on the of — violations, . — 1. The retail sale of methamphetamine precursor drugs shall be limited to:

(1) Sales in packages containing not more than a total of three grams of one or more methamphetamine precursor drugs, calculated in terms of , and ; and

(2) For nonliquid products, sales in blister packs, each blister containing not more than two dosage units, or where the use of blister packs is , sales in unit dose packets or pouches.

2. The penalty for a of 1 of this section is found in section 579.060.

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Source & history notes

(L. 2001 H.B. 471 merged with S.B. 89 & 37, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17

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