In the first story I can’t help but womder which of the bus stop ladies neighbors ratted her out. They need to find that neighbor and kick her butt for her.
In the second story I am ignorant of any law that takes your name when you buy over the counter medicine.
Times are tough.
It's the same thing you used to have to do when you bought codeine or paregoric syrup. Those are by prescription only now, I think.
But the registry isn't the problem, everybody's had those for certain dangerous drugs since at least the 50s, probably longer. It's lack of investigation by the cops before arresting somebody.
The United States Congress has recognized the use of pseudoephedrine in the illicit manufacture of methamphetamine. In late 2005, the Committee on Education and the Workforce heard testimony concerning education programs and state legislation designed to curb the use and manufacture of methamphetamine with pseudoephedrine-containing products. State laws in Oregon and Kansas were particularly influential in the proposed legislation.The House passed the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005 ("CMEA") as an amendment to the renewal of the Patriot Act. Signed into law by president George W. Bush on March 6, 2006, the act amended Title 21 of the United States Code (21 USC 830) concerning the sale of pseudoephedrine-containing products. The Federal statute included the following requirements for merchants ("regulated seller") who sell these products (pseudoephedrine is defined as a "scheduled listed chemical product under 21 U.S.C. § 802(45(A)):
- A retrievable record of all purchases identifying the name and address of each party to be kept for two years.
- Required verification of proof of identity of all purchasers
- Required protection and disclosure methods in the collection of personal information
- Reports to the Attorney General of any suspicious payments or disappearances of the regulated products
- Required training of employees with regard to the requirements of the CMEA; Retailer must self-certify as to training and compliance
- Non-liquid dose form of regulated product may only be sold in unit dose blister packs
- Regulated products are to be stored behind the counter or in a locked cabinet in such a way as to restrict public access
- Daily sales of regulated products not to exceed 3.6 grams without regard to the number of transactions
- 30 day (not monthly) sales limit not to exceed 7.5 grams if sold by mail-order or "mobile retail vendor"
- 30 day purchase limit not to exceed 9 grams of pseudoephedrine base in regulated products (misdemeanor possession offense under 21 U.S.C. § 844a for the individual who buys it)
Forty-one individual states also have varying laws on the matter: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawai'i (as of May 1, 2009) Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana (as of August 15, 2009)[20] Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Washington laws require pharmacies to sell pseudoephedrine behind-the-counter and to collect personal information from the purchaser. Oregon requires a prescription to purchase products containing pseudoephedrine.