In California, several efforts to pass legislation cracking down on meth possession and manufacture have failed this year. The only one still alive in the California Legislature would limit the sale of precursor chemicals. Died in the state Senate Public Safety Committee. Meth possession is now charged as either a misdemeanor or a felony, unlike cocaine or heroin possession, which is a felony and carries, on average, a year more than meth penalties. Died in the state Senate Public Safety Committee.
Ephedrine is one of the key ingredients in methamphetamine manufacture.
Passed through the Assembly, in committee.