Cold medication sales on the rise in St. Louis County

Monday, October 31, 2011 | 8:25 a.m. CDT; updated 9:54 a.m. CDT, Monday, October 31, 2011

BRIDGETON — Now that St. Charles County requires a prescription to purchase cold pills containing a key ingredient in methamphetamine, sales of the over-the-counter medications are soaring in three nearby St. Louis County towns.

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