FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Republican lawmaker has proposed a compromise in the debate over whether to require prescriptions to purchase commonly used cold and allergy medications.
Rep. David Floyd of Bardstown said Thursday that legislation he filed would allow pharmacists to determine when medications containing pseudoephedrine should be dispensed.
Two bills pending in the House and Senate would allow such medications, sought after by makers of crystal meth, to be sold only to people with prescriptions.
Under Floyd’s proposed compromise, people could get the medications with prescriptions, but pharmacists also could dispense them to people obviously suffering from colds and allergies.
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The legislation is Senate Bill 45 and House Bill 281.
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