Prescription would no longer be needed for pseudoephedrine
April 28 2021
Oregon House passes bill that would require people to show photo ID and obtain it behind the counter.
Oregon would no longer require a prescription for medicines containing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine under a bill that has cleared the House.
House Bill 2648 went to the Senate on a 54-4 vote on Wednesday, April 28.
The requirement for a prescription was written into law in 2005, when people were buying medicines containing pseudoephedrine — a precursor chemical — for use in making methamphetamine, a powerful stimulant that is illegal. Oregon was the first state to do so.