Man wants name cleared in allergy meds bust

What did I tell ya?

Yesterday, I told you about the state of Iowa's guerrilla warfare against cold and allergy sufferers. Authorities used a new law to bust 41 people for buying too much over-the-counter medicine, using the excuse that the medicine can be made into meth.

And now one of these 41 has come forward in an attempt to clear his name.

The gentleman has severe allergies. He takes over-the-counter pseudoephedrine drugs daily because it's the only conventional medicine that works. That is what these drugs were meant for.

When the new law passed, he had to compute whether or not his pseudoephedrine purchases were within the legal limit. He believed he was within the law.

He discovered he was one of the 41 people who faced arrest when his niece told him his name was listed in the newspaper among those 41. He promptly turned himself in.

The man wants his name cleared, and pronto. These days, there's a vigilante attitude towards anyone who's even remotely suspected of illicit drug involvement.

I never suspected him or any of the other 40 of being involved with meth. I don't know any of these individuals, because they live hundreds of miles away, but I know enough to know they're probably all innocent.

Maybe 41 people being arrested for nothing will finally prod legislators to repeal this dumb law. Will it??? Huh?????

(Source: http://www.kimt.com/news/local/28674279.html)