Meth Watch is a program sponsored by the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) and is designed to help curtail the theft and suspicious sales of pseudoephedrine products, as well as other common household products used in the illicit manufacturing of methamphetamine in small, toxic labs. A key goal of this program is to promote cooperation between retailers and law enforcement to prevent the diversion of legitimate products for illegal use.

Meth Watch was started in Kansas as a public-private partnership between the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, the Kansas Methamphetamine Prevention Project (part of the non-profit statewide drug prevention system), and Kansas retailers. As news spread of its success, several states began to adopt the Kansas model. Many more expressed interest, but were deterred by the lack of resources and know-how.

That's where the national Meth Watch program comes in. CHPA provides a one-stop shop to help interested states implement Meth Watch in their communities through the Meth Watch resource center at http://www.methwatch.com/. Through Meth Watch, retailers and law enforcement will help increase awareness about the diversion of legal products to the illegal manufacture of methamphetamine and will assist local communities in addressing the meth problem.