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Lawmaker seeks restrictions on baking soda to fight drugs
Associated Press
April 6, 2007
A St. Louis legislator wants to require that baking soda be sold behind the pharmacy counter as part of an anti-drug effort aimed at a base ingredient in crack cocaine.
The proposal by Democratic Rep. Talibdin El-Amin is modeled after a state law that already requires cold medicines with pseudoephedrine to be placed behind the pharmacy counter. That law is aimed at a key ingredient in the illegal drug methamphetamine.
The anti-meth law requires customers to show a photo ID and sign a log book with their name, address and how much they purchased. It also requires someone be at least 18 years old to buy the medications.
El-Amin’s bill would implement similar requirements for the purchase of sodium bicarbonate, otherwise known as baking soda. The measure was filed last month and has yet to receive a hearing.
Federal drug enforcement officers questioned whether adopting the restrictions for a more commonly used product would work.
"When you generate a list of people who use baking soda, it pretty much includes everyone. It’s a common household item," Tom Murphy, a special agent with the St. Louis division of the Drug Enforcement Administration, told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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Associated Press
April 6, 2007
A St. Louis legislator wants to require that baking soda be sold behind the pharmacy counter as part of an anti-drug effort aimed at a base ingredient in crack cocaine.
The proposal by Democratic Rep. Talibdin El-Amin is modeled after a state law that already requires cold medicines with pseudoephedrine to be placed behind the pharmacy counter. That law is aimed at a key ingredient in the illegal drug methamphetamine.
The anti-meth law requires customers to show a photo ID and sign a log book with their name, address and how much they purchased. It also requires someone be at least 18 years old to buy the medications.
El-Amin’s bill would implement similar requirements for the purchase of sodium bicarbonate, otherwise known as baking soda. The measure was filed last month and has yet to receive a hearing.
Federal drug enforcement officers questioned whether adopting the restrictions for a more commonly used product would work.
"When you generate a list of people who use baking soda, it pretty much includes everyone. It’s a common household item," Tom Murphy, a special agent with the St. Louis division of the Drug Enforcement Administration, told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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