Oklahoma agency blocks sales of meth element

 
BY JOHNNY JOHNSON | Modified: April 19, 2010 at 6:31 am | Published: April 19, 2010   

Since November, when the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs added a "date of birth” requirement to better track sales of pseudoephedrine at pharmacies, drug enforcement agents have seen the number of denials grow from about 2,000 per month to 7,000 per month, OBN spokesman Mark Woodward said.

photo - Dani Lynch, Thrifty Pharmacy owner, holds up a pseudoephedrine reporting sticker at Thrifty Pharmacy in Oklahoma City Tuesday, March 9, 2009. BY PAUL B. SOUTHERLAND
Dani Lynch, Thrifty Pharmacy owner, holds up a pseudoephedrine reporting sticker at Thrifty Pharmacy in Oklahoma City Tuesday, March 9, 2009. BY PAUL B. SOUTHERLAND

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"Most of these were blocked because they had an Oklahoma driver’s license that was not in our system or had a name that did not match the date of birth, ” he said.

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