Tulsa Mothers Against MethAmphetamine (MAMa) wants Oklahoma lawmakers to pass a law that would help cut the production of meth across Green Country.
Since 2005, an Oregon law has required people to get a doctor's prescription in order to purchase pseudoephedrine. In Oklahoma, the drug is kept behind the counter and buyers must show a photo I.D.
Now, lawmakers are considering options to tighten restrictions on purchases.
MAMa, a group of former meth users and family members who've lost loved ones to the drug support the idea.
"We need to do whatever we can to stop the production of meth," MAMa member Jeanne Anson said. "If we did make it prescription, it would slow down."
Dr. William Yarbrough, an OU Physician and Addictionologist said doctors will feel as if someone is always looking over their shoulder when they write prescriptions, if a law were in place.
"It's going to make it inherently more difficult for people with allergy/sinus problems to get medication," Addictionologist and OU Physician Dr. William Yarbrough said. "Pretty soon it might be hard to come by, maybe from one perspective that might be a good thing, but from a patient's well being it's not a good thing."
MAMa is a non-profit, Christian based national organization with local chapters. The Tulsa chapter hosts meth and drug education support group meetings every 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month at 7040 S. Yale, in the Properties Plus Community Room. 6:30 - 7:30p.
