I don't know what the patriot act has to do with it. In some states you have to show id and some you don't.
http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=63227 "The Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act, part of the just renewed PATRIOT Act, will be of immense help. The new law also establishes a national standard regulating meth ingredients, confronts the human and environmental consequences of the toxic labs, and increases the penalties for drug kingpins." This is a quote from Att Gen Alberto Gonzales. He starts out talking about how he is a child of Mexican immigrants...