Posted on 01/16/2006 7:50:48 AM PST by TaxRelief
WAKE FOREST, N.C. --North Carolina started enforcing its new law intended to stop the spread of methamphetamine labs on Sunday.
Since 1999 the number of meth labs in the state has skyrocketed. Then the State Bureau of Investigation busted nine labs; in 2005 they discovered 328 of them.
As of Jan. 15 you must be at least 18, show photo ID and sign a log if you want to by over-the-counter cold medicines such as Sudafed and Tylenol Cold. Both medicines contain either pseudoephedrine or ephedrine, which are key ingredients used to make meth.
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Under the new law you can only buy two packages of cold medicine containing pseudoephedrine or ephedrine at a time, and only three packages in a 30-day period.
Am I the only one who has noticed the ridiculous number of not just typos, but obvious grammatical errors (such as the above) in major news stories in recent years?
Obviously we aren't providing enough funds for art and music classes in public schools. /sarcasm.
It is like that here in Jacksonville, FL. I'd be slightly inconvenienced if I used over the counter medicines but I don't so I'm not.
Normally, I'd be pretty upset about this but I'm having a hard time becoming angry only because meth is some evil, horrible s**t.
They would have to be, if it's the law in Texas.
Under the Dems we get nannyism and under the Pubbies we get paternalistic authoritarianism. What's the difference?
There are about 30 different ways to make meth, and most of the ingredients are household items, like Sudafed.
There's really no need to import that chemicals when you can go to Home Depot, Wal-Mart, and a beauty salon and get what you need.
I LOVE that song!!!!!!
And you are right about the truth in the lyrics.
On a funnier note, our grocery store in PA wouldn't sell eggs to teens on Halloween night! lol
"Under the Dems we get nannyism and under the Pubbies we get paternalistic authoritarianism. What's the difference?"
The Dims do it "for the children."
The Pubbies do it "because it is a sin."
Oh,no! You are not the only one who notices! What do journalism schools teach, anyway, how to copy and paste?
What a horrible story.
I have two words for you liberty hater,(anyone who thinks contols work, must hate freedom) BS.
It's a power grab and and establishment of precedent for government rationing, IMHO.
The stores in my neighborhood when I was growing up always did that - and that was in the 70's in Brooklyn.
I remember when they locked up spray paint.
"items that are potentially harmful to society have to be controlled....period"
The press, ideas, and books are the most potentially harmful things to society. For example, Al quada is merely a group of people united behind some ideas.
Should ideas be controlled?
Or so I've been told.
Has anyone tried to smoke kudzu?
I took my 14 yo son to the ER with chest pains. The ER doc's first question to my son was "Are you abusing Sudafed?". He explained to my son the importance of telling the truth. He then explained to me kids were taking large amounts of Sudafed to get high and suffering tachycardia w/chest pains as my son was. My son's problem was not Sudafed abuse. He suffers from Supra Ventricular Tachycardia and has a surgery appt next month. I was shocked to know kids were abusing Sudafed.
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