[Hop A Long Cassidy]

I wonder if this tracking would soon apply to medical purchases and other controlled substances like vitamins and any organic vegetables outlawed by the FDA.

This FinCen tracking is getting crazy. It drives the bad guys out of the system and lets other agencies use it for purposes far beyond the original intent. And, we Republicans brought it on ourselves. Why can't we go back to the 'ol court order to go after terrorists?

[P-40]

And, we Republicans brought it on ourselves.

I haven't looked at it in detail, but from what I have read so far it sound like they are acting on some of the recommendations in the 9/11 Commission Report.

[LucyT]

F.D.A. Imposes Long-Delayed Rule to Require Tracking of Prescription Drugs
NY Times ^ | June 10, 2006 | BARNABY J. FEDER

Long-delayed federal rules requiring most wholesalers to be able to track prescription drugs from factory floor to pharmacy door will finally take effect in December, the Food and Drug Administration said yesterday.

The regulations, stemming from a 1988 law intended to combat counterfeiting by verifying a drug's pedigree, were originally drafted in 1999.

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