[freepatriot32]

"They'll put recreational meth users into more frequent contact with smugglers and traffickers, likely sparking increases in black market violence."

Call me a cynic but I think that is exactly what they hopeing to do when they passed this! they need more people to die in drug deals gone bad so they can pass more and harsher laws against drugs and have plenty of new material to make those dumbass psa's that are shown every 10 minutes on tv thus giving federal drug and ad agencys more money and power over the american people with fewer constitutional restrictions on thier blatantly unconstitutional activitys

[freepatriot32]

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[A CA Guy]

If it helps stop the making of illegal drugs, then good.

How much legally would a legit citizen need anyway?

This seems clearly targeted at libertarians or others who want to practice the making of illegal drugs, right?

Glue and spray cans are locked up these days because of abuse as well. The world hasn't ended there either.

[taxesareforever]

Just more of the "punish everyone for the sake of the few".

[freepatriot32]

ping

[1035rep]

"Buried in the Patriot Act renewal bill that passed this week are provisions that would impose new restrictions on purchasing medicines that contain pseudoephedrine."

This has been in effect  for at least 10 years in San Bernardino County CA . You can still  buy 3 boxes at at time.  I'm sure this is not the only county to have this ordinance

[CowboyJay]

The lion's-share of crystal-methamphetamine comes across the border from industrial-scale operations in Mexico.

This bill does nothing but benefit foreign manufacturers and smugglers.

[quietolong]

All un-needed. The manufactures changed the formula to make these unusable to make
meth.

Funny how all these things are coming to light now. What other things are hidden in this
1984 wish list?

Under Patriot Act, Feds Could Bug Boards
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1595865/posts

[ActionNewsBill]

These anti-meth provisions in the Patriot Act renewal bill will make it harder for law-abiding citizens to buy cold medication, while making the national meth problem worse.

Is there anyone here who was naive enough to believe that the un-Patriot Act would only be used to go after terrorists?

Maybe the whole idea of this legislative abomination is to define the term "terrorist" in such a way as to make everyone suspect.

[robertpaulsen]

"They'll put recreational meth users into more frequent contact with smugglers and traffickers, likely sparking increases in black market violence."

Whereas before ... what?

[Liberty Valance]

A person would be limited to buying 300, 30-mg pills in a month or 120 such pills in a day

May be i'm nuts but if a person needs more than that, he or she should be under the care of a doctor who can prescribe any amount necessary.

[TChris]

Restrictions on pseudoephedrine come from exactly the same mentality that would restrict gun ownership. And the results are exactly the same: Greater inconvenience and expense for innocent, ordinary citizens, negligible or no effect on criminal activity.

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