ID now needed for drain cleaner

qonline.com ^ | January 3, 2012 | Anthony Watt

[MagnoliaB]

Haahaaahaaaa....No joke. They shoot down needing an ID to vote but need it to buy drain cleaner. I can't wait to see this enforced because drain cleaner is the poor man's plumber.

[Frankss]

How about an ID to vote!

[The Great RJ]

The manufacture of meth has largely moved to Mexico where it is made on an industrial scale and taken across our porous southern border in large amounts. Sealing our border would do far more to reduce meth than this legislation. Every high school, college and university with a chemistry lab will have to be regulated under this BS.

[packrat35]

Freaking ridiculous! Day after Christmas, I bought 4 different drain cleaners to unclog pipes. Now I am some kind of criminal to IL. Thank God, I don’t live there.

[Wonder Warthog]

"Because I grew up being taught that bases were caustic."

You don't actually expect ACCURACY from journalists and lawyers, do you??

[varyouga]

The OTC restrictions have only cut down on these small amateur backyard labs. This has boosted the demand for imported meth and meth produced in large US labs by gangsters.

In a way, this is a good thing. The “rot” you see in many users is a result of consuming the dirty backyard meth. Pure meth is clear while dirty meth is yellow or even black with toxins. It is much easier to treat and rehabilitate addicts that were not permanently damaged by toxins.

Besides the strong addictive properties, pure meth has very little side effects. It was fairly often used by doctors prior to 1950 as a cure for fatique. Methamphetamine can still be legally prescribed as a psychiatric medication, even for children.

[reformedliberal]

Ammonia water and any product with a free or chemically uncombined version, including ammonium hydroxide and “hartshorn,” in a concentration of 5 percent or more.

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Unsure of the concentration, but my husband’s Norwegian grandmother once actually went down to the Port of Milwaukee to find a Norwegian ship’s cook who could give her some hartshorn, which is a leavening agent, for some special Christmas cookies.

As for ammonia, I can’t clean without it. For about 8 months or so, last year, our local Walmart stopped stocking it, using the space for more expensive branded floor cleaners. It is back in stock, so maybe I’ll pick up some extra next time. If they get rid of Walker or change the Wisconsin legislature, this idiocy might spread up here.

Liquid or gel drain cleaner, diluted, cleans paper spa filters for far less than the branded products specifically made for that purpose, which are much more expensive. The basic ingredients are the same.

[going hot]

This one is easy.

Just tell the cashier you are a democrat voter, and therefore are not required to carry ID.

End of story, no muss, no fuss.

[AnTiw1]

" Ammonia water and any product with a free or chemically uncombined version"

Y'know, human beings excrete ammonia products thu their urethras...

I'm just getting up, and I need to take a pi$$...should I call the bomb squad? /rather s

[MrB]

Same first reaction here -

ID for drain cleaner, but not to vote.

[stocksthatgoup]

Voter ID law?

[sasquatch]

ID for drain cleaner, but not to vote....for a democrat.

[MamaDearest]

There is a reason meth people look the way they do.

Indeed that's true with what they're ingesting. Taking away my cleaning ammonia and who knows what else is punishing people who only want to use the products for their homes. Oven cleaner next?

[MamaDearest]

Acetic acid is on the list. i.e. vinegar. Brilliant. Just brilliant.

Are they worried people will get high cleaning their windows? Will they ban Windex with vinegar? Absurdity prevails.

[drainguy]

If you find this law to be ludicrous and useless, sign the petition below to repeal it...

http://www.change.org/petitions/state-of-illinois-legislature-repeal-the-act-restricting-drain-cleaner-and-caustic-chemical-purchases?share_id=TjZoPIlyOG&;