[Military family member]

In Illinois, it's now a crime to buy more than two packages of over-the-counter cold medication at a time. Such medicines (like Sudafed) contain pseudoephedrine, which, when combined with other chemicals and criminal intent, can produce methamphetamine.

I live in an Indiana county right across the Illinois boarder that also happens to have one of the highest rate of meth lab busts in the nation.

To prevent people from making meth, the County Commissioners enacted a law where if you buy Sudafed, your name and address are sent to the prosecutors office, where it remains on a list. Supposedly, this will prevent future meth labs.

[Blzbba]

"Supposedly, this will prevent future meth labs."


Actually, Pfizer's release of a Sudafed that uses a different compound than pseudoephedrine will do the trick!

[longshadow]

To prevent people from making meth, the County Commissioners enacted a law where if you buy Sudafed, your name and address are sent to the prosecutors office, where it remains on a list. Supposedly, this will prevent future meth labs.

What's next? Shall we require names and addresses of every man who purchases a copy of "Playboy" and forward it to the prosecutors office to keep on file, because they have the "potential" to be rapists?

I really shoudn't say that out loud; the Authoritarian busy-bodies might actually think it is a good idea....