Comments on: Escambia Deputies Find Mobile Meth Lab In Walnut Hill Woman’s Car Trunk

By: HARDWARE MAN

HARDWARE MAN — Fri, 28 May 2010 03:36:51 +0000

As a hardware person I sell lye to individuals that I am sure are making meth. It is not illegal to sell, so i cannnot refuse. we do reqiure a id and an address. most of the time it is useless. we keep copies for the drug task force, but they rarely come by to get them. Then too, the prisons are full of (bad) criminals,so there is no room for common dopers. we can blame whomever we want, but until the consequences get tougher, these people will take their slap on the wrist
and go right back to (work). Yes we have talked about not selling the product, but there are legitimate uses. they are mostly agriculturely related. for you younger folks, worming hogs and putting around the driplines of fruit trees are two.
Is there a clear cut solution? Not likely. More jails, Harder judges. Parents that
pay attention to their children. All of the above. Just for starters.

By: Century Pharmacy

Century Pharmacy — Thu, 27 May 2010 04:10:15 +0000

Thank you Oakgrove Bud about the “faces if meth” website. It will make your heart hurt. And unfortunately what we are seeing with the majority of these attempted purchases are young people… Presenting drivers liscense from Ms., central Al, central Fl … Isn’t that a Bit weird? Sure is a long way to drive for “sinus meds”. If the info goes thru the methcheck system then ya gotta sell it to them but what about the other places not doing it or not following the law between Ms and here? That could b an awful lot of meth! Why should retailers, drug stores, dollar stores, grocery stores,etc all be required to use the FREE Database if they are going to sell pseudoephedrine?? Otherwise, it is helping some, but not near enough!

By: Century Pharmacy

Century Pharmacy — Thu, 27 May 2010 03:56:54 +0000

Teri if Walmart was selling one person six boxes of pseudoephedrine then they are breaking the law! There is a limit of a certain number of grams of product within a certain amount of time PER person. Nationally, per DEA, they also have to sign for the product. This is recquired. If the business is on the methcheck system or not, they still have to track the purchases and not make the sale if it exceeds the max allowble qty or max within the allowed time . Laws can be written all day long but they really should be enforced, ESP when u have sooo much deadly abuse of a drug.

By: Century Pharmacy

Century Pharmacy — Thu, 27 May 2010 03:47:40 +0000

The state of Mississippi is trying to pass legislation to recquire a rx for pseudoephedrine, so we are not alone in this opinion. There is a system available that retailers CAN be a part of which is a data base to scan the drug, I. D. etc…and flag or reject the sale IF someone has bought same drug at another participating retailer. Well it is not mandantory so unfortunately every retailer does not participate. We are in the program and YES it is a hassle but as a professional who happens to care about people… METH destroys Live and it’s worth the hassle to try to prevent the abuse. Making the med recquire a rx would allow the doctor to do due dilligence and in their exam would KNOW hopefully whether it is truly needed and treat the patient appropriately. The access is too easy and too few of controls to prevent the abuse= TOO much on the street= Too many lives ruined

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Wed, 26 May 2010 17:51:51 +0000

REGARDING:
“The old Soviet Union didn’t have drug problems like we do. From what I’ve read, most of what their people needed was issued to them. ”

Taken from them and from others, then doled out as the officials saw fit. Much of it stuck in the hands of the officials.

Also, I know many do not consider alcoholism a drug problem but I do and under that definition, the USSR had a VERY bad drug problem.

They also had shortages of everything. Supply wasn’t tied to demand but to policy. Policy would set production goals and when those were met, government run businesses would shut down until the next production cycle–sometimes ten months away.

Some of the smartest people in the world got by on far less than our welfare recipients demand.

I was visiting the beach 17 kilometres south of Luanda with some Russian friends one Sunday afternoon many years back. They were staying in a little grass hut.

I asked who owned the huts.

They explained local fishermen owned them and that they rented them out to expatriates on weekends for money. Then Nadia da Assis explained much to me when she added, “But we are Russian. We take.”

National mindset.

David thinking we don’t need to “progress” to thugocracy
that the cure is worse than the disease

By: Wendy

Wendy — Wed, 26 May 2010 17:10:43 +0000

The old Soviet Union didn?t have drug problems like we do. From what I?ve read, most of what their people needed was issued to them. What they did buy was from the government store. They couldn?t just go out and buy all this stuff. I think we need to take good fresh look at how they did things back then. We could learn a lot and improve our system of government. All this stuff about crack labs would soon be just a bad memory.

By: Think about others

Think about others — Wed, 26 May 2010 16:22:31 +0000

Escambia Reader and WaterLady.
The world does not revolve around you both.
If requiring a prescription for meds would even SLOW down the production, isnt that worth it?
Even though it would not be as convenient for you to get your sinus problem meds, it could save lives.
Stop criticizing people trying to help. Try thinking about others, your son,daughter, grandchildren, co-worker, or friend could be the life you save by just a SMALL inconvience.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Wed, 26 May 2010 15:25:52 +0000

I am in favor of requiring a signature to buy this stuff. In fact, I think that we should be signing for everything we buy. The FBI could keep records of everything and then use it to enforce the law. For example, if someone used a milk jug purchased from the Piggly Wiggly to make a fire bomb, the FBI would know just who all purchased those milk jugs. They could check it out and get the bad guys. We would all be safer as a result.

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Wed, 26 May 2010 12:34:27 +0000

how much lye does it take?

is the lye consumed in the reactions?

are they dumping perfectly good lye?

David thinking meth manufacturers should be more environmentlally conscious

By: justme

justme — Wed, 26 May 2010 01:28:06 +0000

To Terri, guess it is easier for a clerk to look away and ignore what;s going on, rather than get involved….sad, but true