Re: [privacy] Concerns Surface Over Computer System Used to Fight Meth

["Dennis Henderson" <hendomatic () gmail com>]

On 7/18/07, Paul Ferguson <fergdawg () netzero net> wrote:

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> Via Star-Telegram.com (props, Pogo Was Right).
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> [snip]
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> Detective Brian Lewis returns to his desk after lunch, scanning e-mails he
> missed.
>
> One catches his eye: It says a suspected member of a methamphetamine ring
> bought a box of Sudafed at 1:34 p.m. at a CVS pharmacy.
>
> Minutes later, Lewis is in his truck, circling the parking lot, searching
> for the woman.
>
> Lewis did not find her that day, but the scenario illustrates the way law
> enforcement is increasingly relying on computerized tracking systems in
> their fight against meth, an illegal drug that is often brewed in
> makeshift
> labs and has become a particular scourge in Appalachia and the Midwest.



As much as I hate the fact that one of the sponsors of the bill that
resulted in the *Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005* (*CMEA*) was
from my home state of Missouri, the "Concerns" listed other than the
additional intrusion into our personal lives were pretty lame.

Hell if you need more than 9 grams of PSE every month, get a doctor's
prescription....

but having said that, the law sucks and I feel like a criminal every time I
buy a box of Drixoral in August for ragweed season...

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