……………..please let the earth split open and swallow up Jefferson City before these idiot jackboot lawmakers take away more of law abiding citizens liberty. Damn them, and damn the so-called Patriot-Act, this country is becoming a police state.

Given that some of the largest meth labs have been consistently found in Lincoln and Jefferson counties, wouldn’t some of these legislators be voting against their “base”?

These legislators are jerks. They pass an online database which would take care of this problem, but don’t fund it. So now, they want to punish every law abiding citizen who has sinus congestion because a few people are misusing it.

The “reformulated Sudafed” doesn’t work for anyone I know. So now, those who can’t afford a doctor’s visit won’t be able to get Sudafed. Instead, they’ll get a sinus infection and have a real medical problem. Way to go, idiots!

PS - To those who say “meth kills” - true. So does alcohol, but much more frequently. Drunk driving kills 500 people a year in Missouri. So how about we give people a choice: You can have a driver’s license, or you can purchase alcohol, but not both. That would save 500 lives a year.

PS - Your headline is wrong. This isn’t an “anti-meth bill” it is an anti-Sudafed bill. Get it right.

There were two no votes in committee today, belonging to myself and Rep. Nasheed from St. Louis. The points we brought up to our colleagues were those discussed on here. In addition, we highlighted that many of our constituents do not have primary health care doctors or health insurance, making it very difficult for law abiding citizens to obtain Sudafed. We also thought it was important to remind the other members of the committee that while meth is a big problem, the bigger problem we see in our urban neighborhoods are those of crack and heroin. The bill does nothing to address those concerns.

I’m at my computer, in the midst of a raging head cold being productive, thanks to aspirin and Actifed (also contains pseudephedrine.)

Would it be better for me to be a bum lying abed right now, dizzy as hell? As I said elsewhere, my primary care Dr. is 100 miles away–one way–because of the only insurance I have. Walgreens is 5 miles away.

Ok, let’s do what we can to keep people from being productive in this economy. I’m voting against my state rep and senator if this eventually passes.

…………….Thank you Representative Colona for your no-vote. Please pass along my liberty loving thanks to Representative Jamilah Nasheed as well.

Look up your legislators here:

http://www.senate.mo.gov/llookup/leg_lookup.aspx

Then, send them an email telling them to stop this stupidity. People who are poor, uninsured, or are distant from health care providers will be punished because of a few meth producers.

Not only that, meth production is already trending downward in Missouri without this law. From 2002 to 2004, the DEA found about 2,800 meth labs a year in Missouri. In 2006 and 2007, that dropped to about 1,300. Obviously, law enforcement action against criminals is working. So let’s keep that up instead of punishing everyone in the state.

Here we go again with more big government. How can cigarettes, alcohol, inhalents, and various so called “health food supplements” be bought off the shelf and yet a cold pill will require a script? The solution is to enforce the laws that are currently on the books.

If this does get passed I will probably have the police breaking down my door because I will be stockpiling before this goes into effect.

I don’t know what it was like in Missouri in regards to Sudafed when it first came out, but I seem to remember that it was “prescription strength” at the beginning. Look most Walgreens and other drug stores already have this behind the counter and not out in the open. Also, if someone is going in and buying/stealing the whole shelf at a time, don’t you think this might be noticed?

Much easier to steal it out of the back room, which I strongly suspect is where the supply is coming from in the first place.