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[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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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 () aol com
To: dave () farber net


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 () farber net 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 () infowarrior org>
To: Dave Farber  <dave () farber net>


...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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