CHPA to Address Anti-Meth Policy at AP Lookahead Event Today in Charleston

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Consumer Healthcare Products Association

Jan 06, 2014, 09:00 ET

CHARLESTON, W.Va., Jan. 6, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Carlos Gutierrez, senior director of state government affairs for the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) – the national trade association representing the manufacturers of over-the-counter pharmaceutical products – will participate in the West Virginia Associated Press Legislative Lookahead event, taking place at the South Charleston campus of Marshall University today.

Gutierrez will participate in a 1:00 p.m. panel discussion, along with delegate Don Perdue and former Delegate Dr. Dan Foster, on the battle against methamphetamine production and abuse in West Virginia, specifically as it relates to the illegal diversion of common cold and allergy medicines containing pseudoephedrine.

CHPA remains committed to finding solutions to West Virginia's methamphetamine problem that punish criminals while protecting law-abiding consumers' access to the cold and allergy medicines of their choice.

SOURCE Consumer Healthcare Products Association