Independence County v. Pfizer, Inc.

ORDER

WM. R. WILSON, JR., District Judge.

Pending is Defendants’ Joint Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings (Doc. No. 43). Plaintiffs have responded (Doc. No. 53) and Defendants have replied (Doc. No. 62). For the reasons set out below, Defendants’ Motion is GRANTED.

1. BACKGROUND

Defendants produce and market cold remedies containing ephedrine and pseudoephedrine. 1 Aside from their legal use, ephedrine and pseudoephedrine are used in the production of methamphetamine, a highly addictive and very destructive illegal drug. 2 Plaintiffs allege that Defendants have known since at least 1986 that…