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Subject: Re: [IP] Patriot Act Includes Crackdown on Meth Use
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2006 21:17:30 -0500 (EST)
From: EEkid@xxxxxxx
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
I think the bill is missing once aspect of Meth addiction. Often the
users,
steal the components to make the drug.
Recently, I was waiting for my wife while she ran into the neighborhood
Safeway to pick up a few items. The car sitting directly in front of me
was
backed into the parking spot. As I looked forward at the car, the
driver kept
looking at me in the rearview mirror. Constantly looking around then
looking
back at me. It seemed, odd. Then a woman came to the car and began
removing
packaged items from her clothes and placing them in a bag. Then a male
came
to the car and did the same thing. Then a second male stood by car and
pulled small packages from numerous pockets on his pants.
I immediately entered the store and asked to speak with the store
manager.
I explained what I saw and gave him the tag number of the car. He
called on
his security personnel to view the security video and while they did
so, he
explained to me, that groups of Meth users pass from store to store and
steal
the components for making the drug.
So, copying and recording the names of those who buy these drugs is a bit
pointless. Not to mention that people who are desperate for money often
steal
the identity of others.
Who knows, you may be the person Home Land Security comes to visit when
someone steals your identity and uses it to buy components for their
next batch
of drugs.
Jerry
In a message dated 3/7/2006 12:27:58 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
dave@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
ID to buy otc medicine!!
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Subject: Patriot Act Includes Crackdown on Meth Use
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2006 09:59:10 -0500
From: Richard Forno <rforno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Dave Farber <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
...I'd love the day when you couldn't put stuff in a piece of legislation
that was unrelated to the thrust of the legislation itself. But alas, how
would Washington operate otherwise?
So we tie a local crime item inside an already-controversial antiterrorism
bill. Even if it's good-intentioned, I feel it's a bit sneaky to do it
this
way....but that's the norm for Congress......rf
Patriot Act Includes Crackdown on Meth Use
By LAURIE KELLMAN
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Suffer from springtime allergies? You could be among the
first affected by the USA Patriot Act poised for final congressional
passage
this week.
Besides terrorism, the bill takes aim at the production of methamphetamine,
a highly addictive drug that cannot be manufactured without a key
ingredient
of everyday cold and allergy medicines. The bill would impose new limits
next month for how much relief a person can buy over the counter.
And beginning Sept. 30, it'll take a flash of ID to buy that medication.
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