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PRESS RELEASE: Representative Bahr Highlights the Accomplishments of NPLEx in 2014

Representative Bahr Highlights the Accomplishments of NPLEx in 2014
Jefferson City, MO., Jan. 29 2015. – Missouri State Representative Kurt Bahr (R-O’Fallon) today lauds the 2014 data from the state’s real-time, stop-sale pseudoephedrine tracking system, known as the National Precursor Log Exchange (NPLEx).
A growing number of states are using NPLEx, making Missouri one of 31 across the country that currently utilize the technology to automatically block unlawful, attempted pseudoephedrine (PSE) purchases at the point of sale.  NPLEx helps retailers and law enforcement officers work together to stop criminals from illicitly purchasing pseudoephedrineand diverting the medicine to meth. Because of this system, PSE sales, and meth crime, are down across the country.
In 2014, the NPLEx system in Missouri has helped block the sale of more than 35,000 boxes of pseudo ephedrine, stopping nearly 91,000 grams from getting into the hands of meth criminals.
“In 2014, NPLEx proved to be a huge success in the great state of Missouri,” said Representative Bahr, “and it will continue to achieve results in 2015. Meth crime in the state is on the decline and one of the main factors is the continued use of NPLEx. This system has allowed our state to focus on stopping meth crime while not burdening regular consumers. This dangerous drug has not been completely pushed out of Missouri but NPLEx has played an incredible role in reducing meth production in our state.”
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Kurt Bahr
State Representative, Dist 102
573-751-9768