In the fight against methamphetamines across Virginia, the Attorney General has worked with the General Assembly to craft legislation to appropriately sanction those that produce meth in our Commonwealth and those that would date expose innocent children to such a hazardous activity. However, the guiding principle of the Attorney General's involvement with the issue of meth has been to promote community awareness of the problem, while working with retailers, pharmacies, corporate partners and local governments to eradicate it from our communities.
ATTENTION – Retailers and Consumers: As of April 10, 2006, the federal Combat Methamphetamines Epidemic Act of 2005 restricted the sale and purchase of products containing ephedrine, pseudo ephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine. Among other provisions, a sales quantity limit of 3.6 grams daily per customer of such products takes effect. Additionally, all such products (excluding liquid products) are required to be sold in blister packaging. Further, it is unlawful for any person to knowingly or intentionally purchase at retail during a 30 day period more than 9 grams of ephedrine base, pseudo ephedrine base, or phenlypropanolamine base in a scheduled listed chemical product, except that, of such 9 grams, not more than 7.5 grams may be imported by means of shipping through any private or commercial carrier or the Postal Service. As of September 30, 2006, restrictions related to product placement, transaction logs and employee training took effect. For additional information related to the federal action, please follow the links to the DEA and ONDCP press releases contained in the “Recent Developments” section of this page. Links to the mandatory training for store employees are included on this page.
- Welcome
- Methamphetamine - A Unique Threat
- Retail Merchant Prevention Program - Partnership with the Attorney General of Virginia
- Summary of Federal and Virginia Laws regarding products containing pseudoephedrine and ephedrine
- Mandatory Federal Training for Retail Vendors
- Mandatory Federal Training Program for Mobile Retail Vendors
- Forms
- Program Participant Sign-up Form
- Local Suspicious Transaction Report form
- Virginia Meth Watch Supply Request form -- currently unavailable
- Program Participants Online Resources
- Additional Information
- Got Meth?
- Meth Resources
- End Meth
- Meth Stories
- Partnership for a Drug-Free America
- Drug Enforcement Agency's Methamphetamine Diversion Information
- Office of National Drug Control Policy (Methamphetamines)
- National Association of Chain Drug Stores’ Summary of Federal Legislation
- DEA National Clandestine Laboratory Register
- Recent Developments
- DEA Summary of the Combat Methamphetamine Act of 2005
- DEA Press Release for the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005
- White House Office of national Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Press Release for the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005
- Interim Final Rule - Retail Sales of Scheduled Listed Chemical Products; Self-certification of Regulated Sellers of Scheduled Listed Chemical Products
- DEA Diversion’s Information on the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005
