Food World pharmacist Lewis Osgatharp stands in front of a sign informing customers they will not be able to purchase large amounts of medicine containing the decongestant pseudoephedrine, the main ingredient used in making the illegal stimulant crystal methamphetamine. "Jerry Martin/The Daily Home" Following a new state law, pharmacies and grocery stores across the state have been pulling boxes of medicine containing the decongestant pseudoephedrine, the main ingredient used in bootleg laboratories to manufacture the illegal drug crystal methamphetamine. The measure has been put in place in an attempt to crack down on the growing wave of crystal methamphetamine (meth) abuse across Alabama, said Jason Murray, commander of the Talladega County Drug and Violent Crimes Task Force.

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