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Missouri database to track purchases of pseudoephedrine
#13270025 - 09/30/10 12:56 PM (13 years, 7 months ago) |
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Missouri database to track purchases of pseudoephedrine September 30, 2010 - Kait 8
KENNETT, MO (KAIT) – Lawmakers and law enforcement agencies over the next several months will be keeping an eye on a new statewide database that will obtain details on people purchasing pseudoephedrine-containing medicines.
Pseudoephedrine is a key ingredient in the illegal drug methamphetamine, highly addictive among its users.
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon Tuesday highlighted the database, which is aimed at keeping the drug away from drug dealers and makers. According to Dunklin County Sheriff Bob Holder, the new database will help deter criminals from obtaining the product.
The state implemented new rules that require pharmacies and doctors to enter personal information into a database if they purchase the drug.
"If you or I go into one of the pharmacies and want to purchase pseudoephedrine, they document that, it's put on the record and then I decide I want to get some more pseudoephedrine, then I go to another pharmacy, they're able to pull it up and say hey, he just bought two packs of this earlier this morning," said Holder.
Mitchell's Pharmacy in Kennett Wednesday told Region 8 News that he stopped selling pseudoephedrine roughly two years ago. He said many of his employees felt threatened by people wanting the drug for illegitimate purposes.
"They started seeing repeat customers back before we did take it off the market and it became a problem," said Mitchell.
Kennett earlier this year passed legislation banning the sale of pseudoephedrine-containing products without a prescription. Cities across Missouri adopted similar legislation.
"It will be internet based. It will be at the counter. A person will have their driver's license, will have to have their driver's license, the clerk will swipe the driver's license to a database with the amount of pseudoephedrine, the active ingredient, included in the swiping," said Mitchell. "It's not an automatic red flag but it'll say this person has done this at more than one occasion."
Mitchell said he hopes the new rules will work as far as limiting access to the drug, but said criminals will find ways to work around the law.
"I think there was a time where we would write their name on a list, and after a while, we had that name three or four times, we'd call the police. They caught on to that and realized they couldn't do that anymore," said Mitchell. "You just never know about the inventiveness of human beings motivated to either make money or stay awake to do their second job at night."
Mitchell said pseudoephedrine is a good drug when used appropriately.
"There is a big push to try to stop the meth because meth is definitely a destructive drug that's ruining a lot of individual lives and a lot of family's lives," said Holder.
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Re: Missouri database to track purchases of pseudoephedrine [Re: Green_T]
#13270038 - 09/30/10 12:58 PM (13 years, 7 months ago) |
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Oh, yes, they've had something similar here in Tennessee for quite some time.
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Re: Missouri database to track purchases of pseudoephedrine [Re: Le_Canard]
#13270157 - 09/30/10 01:25 PM (13 years, 7 months ago) |
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Wow, Oregon has something similar but i don't know if it is as instantly computerized. I think you just have to write your name on a list.
Crazy stuff man, crazy stuff.
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Re: Missouri database to track purchases of pseudoephedrine [Re: 4runner]
#13270878 - 09/30/10 03:43 PM (13 years, 7 months ago) |
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Tennessee has had this for a couple of years already and guess what, usage of methamphetamines has not gone down one bit. Most meth does not come locally but from superlabs in California and Mexico. These laws track mostly law abiding citizens and invade their privacy. People who abuse drugs have a problem and locking them up does not solve the issue. To decrease drug use we must set up programs to rehabilitate and educate, not continue the 1.5 trillion dollar drug war that has done nothing but continue politically corrupt agenda.
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Re: Missouri database to track purchases of pseudoephedrine [Re: webidiot2k4]
#13271232 - 09/30/10 04:49 PM (13 years, 7 months ago) |
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imagine how much more nasty ass cooks who would be making a shitty dirty product and throwing there wasted chems into lakes and shit if they didnt do this tho.
any single person who would be using the medicine for a legal use can and still will be able to with no problems. this only realy hurts the people that would be abusing the fact they can get psuedophedrine this way.
all the explosions and chemical dumping and other nasty and bad things that happen with all the random and new makeshift methcooks that would be around if people knew you could get the chems you need that easy in anymount wont so i see this as a pretty good idea.
theyve been doing this in california for a while.
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Re: Missouri database to track purchases of pseudoephedrine [Re: Green_T]
#13271796 - 09/30/10 07:02 PM (13 years, 7 months ago) |
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Green_T said: Missouri database to track purchases of pseudoephedrine September 30, 2010 - Kait 8
"There is a big push to try to stop the meth because meth is definitely a destructive drug that's ruining a lot of individual lives and a lot of family's lives," said Holder.
Hmmm? Destructive? Ruining a lot of individuals lives..Family's torn apart?? Hmmm can't put my finger on it but im damn sure we have something close to that perfectly legal obviously and sold almost anywhere and easily accessible to minors?? I think its called Alcohol? Could be wrong tho...very wrong.
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webidiot2k4 said: Tennessee has had this for a couple of years already and guess what, usage of methamphetamines has not gone down one bit. Most meth does not come locally but from superlabs in California and Mexico. These laws track mostly law abiding citizens and invade their privacy. People who abuse drugs have a problem and locking them up does not solve the issue. To decrease drug use we must set up programs to rehabilitate and educate, not continue the 1.5 trillion dollar drug war that has done nothing but continue politically corrupt agenda.
Yes exactly the truth...Educate ...Teach who do not know. But I do not think 1.5Trillion is a large enough number...you can't put a number on the lives taken and lost through this governments creation this machine. To do full justice.
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Re: Missouri database to track purchases of pseudoephedrine [Re: kelpfish]
#13272600 - 09/30/10 09:45 PM (13 years, 7 months ago) |
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I still think amphetamines should be legal for all with regulations aimed at limiting addiction. Give everyone who wants it a monthly quota or something and use all that high-tech gee-whiz gadgetry to track people who buy amphetamine itself. I think most people who buy meth on the black market would probably prefer that, and so would law-abiding citizens who have to deal with the toxic fallout of the drug war (meth labs and gang violence) in their backyards.
There would still be tweakers, but their habit wouldn't be nearly so destructive personally or socially and the system would be better-equipped to help them get clean.
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