Efforts to stop ‘labs’ making crystal meth

The sizes of medicine packs, including some cold and flu remedies, could be reduced in a bid to counter the manufacture of illegal drugs.

The Health Products Regulatory Authority is in consultation with the pharmaceutical industry and relevant experts regarding the sale of medicines containing pseudoephedrine — a substance which can be used to produce crystal meth .

The HPRA wrote to a number of bodies last December indicating that gardaí had expressed concern about the increased production of methamphetamine using pseudoephedrine sourced from pharmacies.