curmugeon ([personal profile] curmugeon) wrote2007-07-18 04:13 pm

Have a cold? The Feds are watching you...

It seems in an effort to crack down on meth labs, innocent people are
now finding themselves in a law enforcement data bank...

Buy too much Claritin D, Sudafed, or some other decongestant containing
pseudoephedrine and you may have to answer questions from a cop...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19833800/

Don't get too sick....

I had that worry

[identity profile] djdig.livejournal.com 2007-07-18 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
A few months ago, I had a sinus infection and my doctor told me to buy sudafed.

The 1st pharmacy I went to (on the way home from the doctor's office) only had a 12 pack. I bought it, and of course, quickly ran out.

A few days later I went to a pharmacy close to my house to buy more sudafed.

Both times I had to hand over my license and write my name and address in their log books.

I was sick, and very scared that a cop would soon be knocking at my door.

I warned my room mate, who happens to be pursuing his PHD in chemistry, that if the cops came to the door, just send them to me.