[Adopted 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 6231]
The Commission of the City of Parsons has found the manufacture,
transportation, possession and sale of methamphetamine to be inherently
dangerous and that the chemical precursors of methamphetamine and
the by-products and wastes of methamphetamine production are inherently
dangerous and injurious to the public health, safety and welfare of
the citizens of the City. Regulation of the sale of the chemical precursors
to methamphetamine production, such as ephedrine products and pseudoephedrine
products, is necessary to protect the citizens of the City.
For the purposes of this article, the following words and phrases
shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
EPHEDRINE
All forms of ephedrine, ephedrine hydrochloride and all combinations
of these chemicals and any methamphetamine precursor drug containing
these chemicals.
PACKAGE
Any number of pills, tablets, capsules, caplets or individual
units of a substance held within a container intended for sale.
PERSON
Any individual, corporation, partnership, trust, limited-liability
company, firm, association or other entity.
PSEUDOEPHEDRINE
All forms of pseudoephedrine, pseudoephedrine hydrochloride
and all combinations of these chemicals and any methamphetamine precursor
drug containing these chemicals.
SELL
To knowingly furnish, give away, exchange, transfer, deliver,
surrender, or supply, whether for monetary gain or not.
It shall be illegal for any person to sell, deliver or distribute ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and pseudoephedrine- or ephedrine-containing products, their salts, their optical isomers or salts of their optical isomers except as set forth in the specific exceptions contained in §
280-4 of this article.
It shall be prima facie proof that a substance is regulated
by this section if the substance is contained in its original packaging
and is labeled as being or containing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine.
Every act or omission constituting a violation of any of the
provisions of this article by any agent or employee of any person
shall be deemed and held to be an act of such person, and said person
shall be punishable in the same manner as if said act or omission
had been done or omitted by him/her or it personally, provided such
an act or omission was within the scope of employment or the scope
of authority of such agent or employee. Each such violation of this
article shall be considered a separate offense. Violation of this
article shall be considered and punished as a Class A misdemeanor.
This article shall be in full force and effect on and after
June 1, 2011 and publication in the official City newspaper.