/>Source: AccessNorthGa.com
After the Patriot Act revisions get passed this week, you will need an ID to purchase cough medicines containing pseudoephedrine.
Cough medicine moves to the frontlines in the war on terror.
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.
The legislation sponsored by Sens. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. and Jim Talent, R-Mo., would blanket the nation with one policy that would put medicines containing pseudoephedrine behind the counter and out of the reach of meth cooks.
I'm glad our legislators have their priorities in order.
Is it budget problems, "war on terror", impeachment, spying...nope, just cough medicine.
I feel a lot safer now. Whew.
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