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RemainRandom50
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Patriot Act to start the Meth Policy....
#5375337 - 03/07/06 06:12 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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NOTE: This was updated today and the new law for buying cold medicines dealing with meth starts in 30 days. I just couldnt find the EXACT article.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/02/10/ap/health/mainD8FMHLS85.shtml
(AP) The Patriot Act compromise agreed to Friday included a provision to combat illegal methamphetamine by limiting sales of cold remedies used to make the highly addictive drug.
A number of states have already moved to curb the sale of cold pills containing pseudoephedrine, the ingredient used to cook meth in makeshift labs around the country. The federal measure would impose restrictions nationwide.
Stores would be required to keep medicines like Sudafed and Nyquil behind the counter, and consumers would be limited to 3.6 grams, or about 120 pills, per day, and 9 grams, or about 300 pills, per month. Purchasers would need to show a photo ID and sign a logbook.
The limits target meth dealers who buy large quantities of the drugs to extract the pseudoephedrine.
The measure is a compromise reached after months 'of haggling over the 30-day limit. Sens. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Jim Talent, R-Mo., who pushed the legislation in the Senate, insisted the limit was needed.
They had sought various ways to get their legislation through Congress, finally attaching it to the Patriot Act, only to find their efforts frustrated when the bill stalled in December over concerns that civil liberties protections were being shortchanged.
On Friday, House Speaker Dennis Hastert agreed to a Patriot Act compromise reached between the White House and Senate Republicans, clearing the way for passage by both houses of Congress with the meth legislation included.
"With this agreement on the Patriot Act, Congress is but a step away from passing the most significant anti-meth bill in a decade," Feinstein said. "The heart of this legislation is a strong standard for keeping pseudoephedrine products out of the hands of meth cooks."
Many leading retailers _ including Kmart, Walgreens, Target and Wal-Mart _ have already adopted guidelines to limit customer access to cold products or to limit their sales. Some states that have passed their own laws, including Oklahoma and Oregon, have reported the number of meth labs plunging.
Under the legislation, stores with pharmacies would have to keep the medicine behind the pharmacy counter. Stores without pharmacies could sell cold medicines from a locked case behind a store counter if they gain approval from the Drug Enforcement Administration.
The measure would provide nearly $100 million a year for five years to train state and local law enforcement to nab meth offenders, would provide $40 million to help children affected by meth, and would enhance criminal penalties for meth production and trafficking.
Edited by veggie (03/11/06 02:15 AM)
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Re: Patrio Act to start the Meth Policy.... [Re: RemainRandom50]
#5375741 - 03/07/06 08:19 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Fucking shit, this will pass, along with all the over privacy destruction in it, thats such fucking bullshit
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Re: Patrio Act to start the Meth Policy.... [Re: ClammyJoe]
#5376018 - 03/07/06 09:50 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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I don't advocate meth, but it seems that the 'riot act is becoming a conduit for slipstreaming political wants into the legal system.
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Re: Patrio Act to start the Meth Policy.... [Re: SirFrancisBacon]
#5376122 - 03/07/06 10:32 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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This is total bullshit, I really hope someone with some voice says something about this, because the people sure as hell don't have much of a say anymore.
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Re: Patrio Act to start the Meth Policy.... [Re: ClammyJoe]
#5376643 - 03/08/06 05:14 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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First off, wasn't the Patriot Act mainly constructed for combating terrorism? Secondly, what exactly do they plan to accomplish with this? Meth is pouring in from Mexico these days. They aren't thwarting any meth dealers by restricting people to 300 pills a month.
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Re: Patriot Act to start the Meth Policy.... [Re: SuperD]
#5376827 - 03/08/06 08:29 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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yes, patriot act now involves anything they want. this is the most fucking bullshit ever imo. i mean, i dont DO meth or even make meth, but its the simple fact that this is just fucking stupid as hell.
dont they think joe smho if he REALLY wants it that bad, he will just travel to every local supermarket and end his day with about 20-30 boxes.
i mean come on, and yea your defiently right....were getting this shit left and right from mexico.
but luckily, i must say - meth is not big at ALL on the east coast....you west coasters have it so bad as opposed to here. No one over here even sees that shit - or at least the people i know.
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Edited by RemainRandom50 (03/08/06 08:33 AM)
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Re: Patriot Act to start the Meth Policy.... [Re: RemainRandom50]
#5377859 - 03/08/06 03:02 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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im just guessing remain that the meth heads on the east coast dont like to share 
seriously thought its a tight little community if youve seen Spun then you know what I mean. They are everywhere you seem them all the time on the street and never even know it. Most methheads dont look like the DEA pictures either. I have a few buddies with ADHD and they do it when their presciptions run out.
This law will cut down on meth labs here but it wont cut down on the abuse of teh drug. Mexican Ice will just flood in even more. Its BIG dollars, more than Cocaine im pretty sure.
So surprise surprise America once again outsources large quantities of american jobs(dont kid yourselves the cooks spent their drug money in OUR economy).
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Re: Patriot Act to start the Meth Policy.... [Re: blaze2]
#5377978 - 03/08/06 03:51 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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damn i didnt know blaze. i always said i would never do that drug, i still stand at that. it seems way to out of line for me.
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Re: Patriot Act to start the Meth Policy.... [Re: RemainRandom50]
#5396554 - 03/13/06 08:31 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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people will buy it at like drugstore.com or some other internet site.
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