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Originally Posted by Brianna
They are thinking of passing a law here in OH to limit the amount of sudafed you can buy in a month. Anything like that in CO??
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Meth is a HUGE problem here in Oklahoma. Over a year ago they passed a law limiting the amount of cold & sinus medication that you can buy, and you also have to sign a log book, giving the date, amount purchased (which is limited), and your name and address. (Already, a drugstore is in big trouble, - their log book clearly shows several of the same people buying illegal quantities of sinus meds over and over in a short period of time. Not sure what the time limit is...)
Before that law passed, there were also new laws passed on purchasing fertilizer containing anhydrous ammonia. Only farmers with legitimate a use for it can buy it. And farmers have had to go to great lengths to lock it up. A few farmers have shot people, and been shot over meth "cooks" trying to steal the fertilizer. A few police officers have been shot & killed during routine traffic stops when they've pulled over a van converted into a "travelling meth lab".
I had thought that in our particular town, the refinery was a major source of the problem. A lot of the refinery work is contracted out, so workers from out of town companies are always here, and they work a lot of jobs that are 7 days a week, 12 hour days. The local people that I've been most shocked to learn that do meth, or used to do it, started it while working long hours, 7 days a week, spending a lot more of their time with co-workers than with friends and family. And lots of times the meth gets quite a hold on people and they just cannot seem to get away from it.
A local sheriff said that this county does have one of the worst problems with meth in the state, but the entire state is pretty bad.
And I see the results - some deaths, a lot of divorces, lost jobs, friendships, homes, etc......Unfortunately, it seems that most people really have to hit rock bottom before they manage to give it up.