# Alabama — a resident of a prescription-only state needs a prescription to buy here — Pseudoephedrine purchase limits: federal gram limits and stricter state rules

For Alabama, jurisdiction is Alabama — a resident of a prescription-only state needs a prescription to buy here; prescription or other restriction is may purchase those products only upon presentation of a valid prescription for the ephedrine or pseudoephedrine; statute or regulation citation is Ala. Code 20-2-190(d), recorded from its source on 2026-08-19.

- **Jurisdiction:** Alabama — a resident of a prescription-only state needs a prescription to buy here _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Prescription or other restriction:** may purchase those products only upon presentation of a valid prescription for the ephedrine or pseudoephedrine _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute or regulation citation:** Ala. Code 20-2-190(d) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> Any person who resides within any state that requires a prescription for any purchase of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine, their salts or optical isomers, or salts of optical isomers, or who presents a valid identification as provided in subdivision (5) of subsection (c) from any state that requires a prescription for any purchase of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine, their salts or optical isomers, or salts of optical isomers, may purchase those products only upon presentation of a valid prescription for the ephedrine or pseudoephedrine, their salts or optical isomers, or salts of optical isomers.

## Source

- https://codes.findlaw.com/al/title-20-food-drugs-and-cosmetics/al-code-sect-20-2-190/

Last verified: 2026-08-19. Review by: 2027-08-19.
Part of [Pseudoephedrine purchase limits: federal gram limits and stricter state rules](https://referencesource.org/pseudoephedrine-purchase-limits-by-state/).