WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Sen. John Kennedy issued the following op-eds:

Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today reintroduced the Preventing Unnecessary Resource Expenditures (PURE) Act, legislation that gives law enforcement stronger, cleaner tools to combat meth trafficking by eliminating the obsolete legal distinction between pure and impure methamphetamine.

"Meth addiction is tearing families apart in Louisiana and across America. Our law enforcement officers should be able to fight this poison without having to jump through pointless, burdensome and expensive hoops. The PURE Act scraps outdated rules that waste precious time, burn through millions of taxpayer dollars and keep our communities less sa...