They should still have to prove he was using them inappropriately... That should have
been written into the bill.

Wouldn't have been simpler to write a law requiring a prescription for these "precursors"?,,,,,,,,,,,,no, that wouldn't do. The pharmaceutical companies make a nice buck marketing often useless across-the-counter preparations. And besides, we're grown up around here and know that idiotic laws that give the DEA and it's sister SS goons more power are just the ticket for hungry politicians and a lazy media.

What's happened to freedom in the US?

"Today's arrest is a warning to those who violate the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act."

And that is the point. It really matters not if he was or wasn't using them innapropriately. What matters is that people KNOW that Big Government is watching their purchases and WILL arrest them if they purchase anything suspect.

Now I know that people have to recover from a cold naturally! No more of this medicine BS.

I knew the government was good for something :>D

I like to use ephedrine for medicinal purposes. i think It's sad that just because dumbass pple turn it into meth that everyone suffers. That just proves that the DEA sucks! Peace!

This law has just increased the amount of meth produced other ways and given the dea an excuse to prosecute relatively innocent people. Then they can confiscate their money and properties even before a trial thanks to drug laws.

Have a great day! Do it! >:-]

I have chronic allergies and must take a decongestant/antihistamine every day. Until this law was passed I was happy to take Claritin-D daily, but now each time I go to the counter, I am treated like a criminal. Not only that, but sometimes the pharmacy doesn't have the 15-pill boxes and will sell me a 5- or 10- pill box. Since the pharmacy limits me to two boxes per month (regardless of the quantity) and since there are approximately 30 days in each month, I am forced to go to another pharmacy (which is a huge inconvenience) and/or do without.

I finally got fed up with the system and insisted that my doctor write me a prescription. I now take Allegra-D every day, at a cost of more than $100/month to my insurance company and $25/month to me.

I would very much like to kick the legislators who wrote this law in the nuts (or worse). What a bunch of fucking idiots.

I find it quite telling, that this poor guy had no knowledge of the limits. You see, they don't post the monthly limit at pharmacies. A daily limit of 3.6G is what is seen at the counter but no mention of the monthly amount.

This bust isn't about stopping meth. It's about creating statistics. I've just learned about this limit and was doing research and found this article, somewhat belatedly. Perhaps too late, as I may very well be in the same boat. No. I'm not making meth. Not selling pills to people who do either. It's cheap asthma control. I'm a roofer and trust me, if you have breathing difficulties, there's no better option. Not at my salary.

I live in NY stae and the odds of coming into contact with meth here, is roughly the same as getting hit by a meteorite. It's just not here. Seriously, that stuff has been on the streets for about 40 years. If it was going to hit this state, it would have. No... It's not about stopping meth. It's about STARTING it up. A year ago, nobody around here had even heard of meth. Now, it's a hot topic. What better way to advertise something, than to make it sensasionalist news. To clandestinely pass laws and arrest people for breaking those laws without their knowledge?

Than why do you need a lawyer to interpret the law.

Well, this will just make the meth. cooks send dozens of people to pharmacies, buying a box at time. Brilliant.

SEEMS TO ME LIKE THE PHARMACIES SHOULD BE MADE TO WARN PEOPLE WHEN THEY ARE ABOUT TO GO OVER THE LIMIT!! THIS SHOULD BE WHY THEY KEEP LOGS, NOT TO MAKE INNOCENT PEOPLE INTO CRIMINALS...

Well it looks the rule applies after all. I am not that glad that was arrested, we also have to think at the possibility that he wasn't aware of the limitation for buying those "medicines". I think pharmacies should sell them at all, there are plenty alternative pills for just a cold.
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Like others mentioned above, I too have chronic allergies and take over the counter meds because my doc WON'T write me a prescription for something I can/am supposed to be able to buy over the counter.

My husband was sick this month, so I went over my limit. I have no idea what the limit is or when the limit is reset, so in the mean time, I have to go without.

This law has helped to catch ONE meth head while the rest of us are suffering!!

As a teacher, I wonder how the law makers would like it if I use that type of reasoning with their children in school.... "I'm sorry, no one will get to use the pencil sharpener because someone might turn it into a weapon....:"