Meth cookers throughout the state are going to find it tougher to ply their trade come January, courtesy of a new law signed last week by the governor that is similar to one adopted last year by Covina.

Seeking to curb both the literal and figurative explosion of methamphetamine labs across the state, the new law will limit the over-the-counter sales of cold and allergy tablets that contain a key methamphetamine ingredient.

Customers will no longer be allowed to buy and drug and other stores will no longer be allowed to sell any more than three packets of medication at any one time containing ephedrine or three similarly acting chemicals.

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