Pseudoephedrine law may expand

Is there even one smidgen of difference anymore between the Democrats and the Republicans?

Both parties will cite the same discredited talking points and do the bidding of the same corrupt agencies, so are they really even separate parties?

The Patriot Act's 2006 renewal included draconian nationwide limits on cold and allergy sufferers buying over-the-counter drugs. This was promoted as a cure-all for the country's meth epidemic (even though it applies to innocent drugstore customers).

It didn't solve a damn thing, of course. Methamphetamine abuse is at an all-time record.

But Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska - a diehard DLCer - pooh-poohs these facts. In an op-ed in his hometown paper, Nelson repeats statistics that were put out by Bush's drug czar that claim the number of meth labs in Nebraska has declined precipitously. But these figures were already debunked: Most labs after 2006 were not caught, because of budget constraints. One commenter cites a lab that operates in the open because police don't have the resources to close it.

What's Congress's solution? Nelson boasts that there's a new bipartisan bill in Congress to expand the failed Idiot Act policies. The Combat Meth Enhancement Act of 2009 was demanded by the Drug Enforcement Agency - which is probably the most corrupt federal agency, bar none.

The DEA whines that too many retailers haven't complied with the 2006 law. So the new bill would require stores to register all their pharmacy employees with the DEA and have their names published on the DEA's website.

And this is supposed to stop meth labs how?

The 1½-party system is in bed with the corrupt DEA, and I think it's almost time for a nationwide work stoppage to protest drug laws that do nothing except punish the innocent. For drugstore employees, it'll be past that time, if this bill passes.

(Source: http://www.mccookgazette.com/story/1530345.html)