BRIEFLY : WEST COVINA VIEWS COLD MEDICINE CURB.The West Covina West Covina, city (1990 pop. 96,086), Los Angeles co., S Calif., in the San Gabriel valley; settled 1905, inc. 1923. Before World War II, West Covina was a small rural community where walnuts, wheat, and livestock were raised. City Council has ordered staff members to draft an ordinance restricting the sale of cold medicines containing a chemical used in the manufacture of methamphetamines. West Covina is patterning the law after an ordinance passed in February by the Covina City Council targeting sales of over-the-counter medicine containing ephedrine ephedrine (ĭfĕd`rĭn, ĕf`ĭdrēn'), drug derived from plants of the genus Ephedra (see Pinophyta), most commonly used to prevent mild or moderate attacks of bronchial asthma. or pseudo-ephedrine, which are needed to manufacture methamphetamine methamphetamine (mĕth'ămfĕt`əmēn): see amphetamine; methedrine. - also known as speed. In Covina, customers are limited to buying two packages of ephedrine-containing medicine a day if either package has 24 pills or less. The limit is one package a day if a box or bottle has more than 24 pills. - San Gabriel Valley The San Gabriel Valley is one of the principal valleys of southern California. It lies to the east of the city of Los Angeles, to the north of the Puente Hills, to the south of the San Gabriel Mountains, and to the west of the Inland Empire. Tribune |
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