New methamphetamine law

Winston-Salem Journal: State officials are very pleased with the immediate effects of a new law that limits distribution of a key ingredient in methamphetamine production. But North Carolinians must remain vigilant in this fight, because the drug producers will adapt and take new steps to make this menace.

Attorney General Roy Cooper says that in the first two weeks of January alone, pharmacies blocked 1,600 questionable purchases of products containing the primary ingredients needed to make meth.

The law, which took effect Jan. 1, requires pharmacies to electronically track cold-remedy purchases and limits how much of the over-the-counter drugs any one person can buy in a month.

All North Carolinians must understand the seriousness of the problems that meth production creates in our communities.