By HOUSE SPEAKER BRIAN C. BOSMA As the Speaker of the Indiana House, I announced some lofty goals for this year’s short legislative session on Organization Day last November. Tackling road and bridge funding issues, protecting and promoting Indiana’s teachers and students, curbing our state’s illegal drug epidemic and replacing the ISTEP test all topped …read more.

LEESBURG — During a check of the National Precursor Log Exchange on Feb. 11, Indiana State Police Office Luke Waikel saw that Aaron David Poe, 32, 7849 N. 400E, Leesburg had been making an unusual amount of purchase of pseudoephedrine at a drug store in Warsaw. This observation lead to the arrest of Poe Thursday, …read more.

INDIANA — The Senate considered two proposals Tuesday, Feb. 2, that would address Indiana’s meth epidemic. One was Senate Bill 80. This bill approaches the topic of giving more power to pharmacists in deciding whether to sell pseudoephedrine or ephedrine on the basis of the pharmacists’ professional judgement. This bill would also give the pharmacist civil …read more.

WARSAW — A Warsaw man was arrested recently for alleged possession of a narcotic drug and possession of chemical reagents or precursors with intent to manufacture a controlled substance. Brandon David Mettler, 34, 3483 N. 100E Lot 2, Warsaw, was arrested Dec. 21, both charges are level 6 felonies According to an affidavit of probable …read more.

STATEHOUSE — State Sens. Randy Head (R-Logansport) and Jim Merritt (R-Indianapolis) today, Monday, Dec. 14, announced a plan to help curb meth production by changing the way pseudoephedrine products are sold without requiring a prescription. Senate Bill 80, authored by Head and co-authored by Merritt, would keep pseudoephedrine products, which are the key ingredient to …read more.

WARSAW — Harold D. McCord Jr. 26, and Felicia A. McCord, 26, both of 2375 S. CR 750E, LaGrange, were recently arrested for possession of a precursor. According to court documents, on Sunday, Nov. 22, the couple purchased pseudoephedrine, which they sold about 15 minutes later to Shelby Learned, who allegedly planned to use it to …read more.

A woman, who has had a warrant issued for her arrest since May 2014, was arrested Tuesday on that warrant and two failure to appear warrants in other cases. Cassie Jo Goble, 32, 6546 W. Grimme Lane, Claypool, was booked in the Kosciusko County Jail at 1:39 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20, on charges of dealing …read more.

Delaware county is once again at the top of the list for the number of discovered and dismantled methamphetamine labs in Indiana during the first quarter of 2015. It has led the state for the past several years. According to statistics released by Indiana State Police, 68 meth labs ranging from one-pot to larger, more …read more.

The attempt to reduce Indiana’s meth problem by creating prescription-only policies for medicines containing pseudoephedrine – an ingredient of the highly addictive drug – could cost Indiana millions of dollars, says a new study from Ball State University “The Cost-Benefit Analysis of Pseudoephedrine Drug Laws in Indiana,” an analysis by the university’s Center for Business …read more.