Bill Would Restrict Cold Medicine Sales

You won’t be able to buy certain cough, allergy and cold medicines at convenience stores, if a bill the House approved yesterday becomes law. It would allow only pharmacies to sell medicines that contain an ingredient known by the brand name Sudafed. And the pharmacies would have to keep the drugs behind the counter. Illegal drug labs use the medicines to make methamphetamine. The bill is also on its way to a conference committee.