Our View: Montana Meth Campaign: Model for New Mexico?
The Santa Fe New Mexican › April 08, 2006
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Amid nationwide panic and overreaction to the very real threat of methamphetamines, New Mexico is taking a measured approach: Early this month, Gov. Bill Richardson signed a bill requiring buyers of a popular decongestant to show identification and sign onto a customer log.
That's a tad intrusive on the privacy of ordinary folks with the sniffles -- but it's an obstacle to mass purchases of pseudoephedrine, which meth-makers cook into "crank," as it's known and loved by its addle-brained consumers.See the full content of this document
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Our View: Montana Meth Campaign: Model for New Mexico?
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