Pseudoephedrine is one of the main ingredients of methamphetamine. Historically, meth cooks and their associates purchased pseudoephedrine themselves in preparation for cooking. Recent laws have changed this by restricted the amount of pseudoephedrine pills an individual can lawfully purchase. To compensate, meth cooks now travel to low-income neighborhoods to recruit unknown persons who will purchase pseudoephedrine from local pharmacies or stores. Additionally, these recruits will often ask their friends and neighbors to buy pseudoephedrine, enabling them to exchange multiple boxes with the meth cook for currency.
The Chatham-Savannah Counter Narcotics Team urges citizens to be suspicious of any persons requesting they purchase pseudoephedrine for them. When a meth cook uses others to purchase the pills, it lessens the chance that the meth cook will be caught.
