I am David Starkey and the person in this write up. ! did not ban anything and if people will use a gel cap instead of tablet then it solves the meth problem. The gel caps and liquids cannot be used to make meth with. Now if you refuse to take the same pseudoephedrine in gel cap for then you will have to go to a doctor and get a script.

I know I would gladly take a gel cap to stop these children from being burnt up from these meth fires.

Gel Caps = No Prescription & No Meth It's that simple !

Oklahoma House of Representatives

Media Division

May 16, 2011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact: State Rep. Doug Cox

Capitol: (405) 557-7415

Cox Praises Holdenville Action Against Meth

OKLAHOMA CITY – State Rep. Doug Cox, one of only two doctors serving in the Oklahoma Legislature, today praised the city of Holdenville for passing an ordinance banning the sale of medicine with pseudoephedrine that is used to make methamphetamine.

            "In my work as an emergency room physician, every shift I see something related to methamphetamine, whether it is a person who is addicted, a person who is injured by an explosion from making it, or foster kids who have been removed from the home due to parents' methamphetamine use," said Cox, R-Grove.

            House Bill 1235, by state Rep. Ben Sherrer (D-Chouteau), would have instituted a similar policy in state law. The bill passed out of the House Public Safety Committee this year, but did not receive a vote on the House floor.

            "Holdenville realizes that their actions will not affect sufferers from the common cold and allergies, that there are plenty of other forms of pseudoephedrine as well as other medications that will continue to be accessible for those uses," Cox said. "I hope Holdenville's actions will inspire state leaders to take similar action soon."