Posted on 04/06/2007 10:03:31 AM PDT by Daffynition
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A St. Louis legislator wants to require that baking soda be sold behind the pharmacy counter, as part of an effort aimed at a base ingredient in crack cocaine.
The proposal by Democratic Representative Talibdin El-Amin is modeled after a state law that requires some cold medicines to be placed behind the pharmacy counter because they contain ingredients used to make meth.
The anti-meth law requires customers to show a photo I-D and sign a book specifying their name, address and how much they purchased.
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 commonly used product would work.
Democratic Representative Talibdin El-Amin.........Hmmmmmm........
How about limiting the availability of, oh I don’t know, maybe COCAINE?
I suggest that Ice be sold behind the counter, it is often used in cooling bongs. and Pens too as those can be fashioned into Cocaine snorting tubes... and and
Replacing the Arm and Hammer with the Hammer and Sickle.
When baking soda is outlawed, only Betty Crocker will have...oh, never mind.
If his proposal doesn’t work, will he call for a bill authorizing the public beheading of illegal drug users?/s
Better put bleach and ammonia back there too ... they can make chemical weapons!
So what’s El Amin smoking?? He can’t possibly be serious!
Call me cynical also but seems entirely an attempt to portray a muslim as a rational person.
will he call for a bill authorizing the public beheading of illegal drug users?/
Yeah, and none of the 13 years of appeals once found guilty!
I take it he doesn’t have a pool in his back yard. I go through 100 pounds a year. And now the price will probably go up.
The "post of the day", and it bears repeating!
- John
More cosmic stupidity.
Who would have thought making you show ID and sign for a bottle of Triaminic was a serious proposal?
Satire truly becomes more and more impossible in the modern world!
Also have to ban morning glory plants (been done actually) because you can make LSA, the weaker cousin of LSD, out of the seeds.
Rep. Talibdin El-Amin 94th General AssemblyRep. El-Amin, a Democrat, represents part of St. Louis City (District 57) in the Missouri House of Representatives. He was elected to the House in November 2006. Rep. El-Amin works in real estate and previously worked for over 12 years as an assembler at the Hazelwood Ford Motor Plant.
In addition to his legislative duties, Rep. El-Amin is a member of Big Brothers and Big Sisters and the Al-Muminun Islamic Center in St. Louis.
Rep. El-Amin is a 1988 graduate of Pattonville Senior High School in Maryland Heights, Missouri. He will graduate in December 2007 from Harris-Stowe State University with a degree in Urban Education.
Rep. El-Amin was born on December 17, 1970 in St. Louis, Mo, where he currently resides with his wife, Yaphett El-Amin. They have five children: Brooklynn, Mark, Myles, Hasan and Ruqaiyah.
In addition to his legislative duties, Rep. El-Amin is a member of Big Brothers and Big Sisters and the Al-Muminun Islamic Center in St. Louis.
Rep. El-Amin is a 1988 graduate of Pattonville Senior High School in Maryland Heights, Missouri. He will graduate in December 2007 from Harris-Stowe State University with a degree in Urban Education.
Rep. El-Amin was born on December 17, 1970 in St. Louis, Mo, where he currently resides with his wife, Yaphett El-Amin. They have five children: Brooklynn, Mark, Myles, Hasan and Ruqaiyah.
What a maroon.............
Does this man have any clue about the myriad of LEGAL uses of baking soda?
This is as stupid as locking up the sudafed because it can be used in meth.
Secure the border!! 90% plus of all these drugs come through Mexico!
Rut Roe! Evwy body gonna have stinky ‘fridgerators wid no Bakey Soda.
“I suggest that Ice be sold behind the counter, it is often used in cooling bongs. and Pens too as those can be fashioned into Cocaine snorting tubes... and and”
And you know all this how?
Nor does he do any gardening..........I have all sorts of recipes for fertilizing and seed boosting tonics that call for it.
I’m gonna have to call my Grandmother and ask her if she’s holding.
Don’t laugh—there was a guy in Virginia who sued Arm and Hammer for “failure to warn” that baking soda could be used for drug manufacturing. Filed a $425 MILLION dollar lawsuit.
http://www.abovethelaw.com/2006/12/the_fine_line_separating_pro_s.php
“He will graduate in December 2007 from Harris-Stowe State University with a degree in Urban Education.”
The inmates really are running the asylum.......
watching movies
[I know ...it's the wrong A&H]
Further:
In the case of Port Authority of New York and New Jersey vs. Arcadian Corp., “...manufacturers have no duty to prevent a criminal misuse of their products which is entirely foreign to the purpose for which the product was intended.”
Waiter ...check please ...this is NOT the country I want to leave to my grandchildren.
So therefore those who know better (i.e. lawmakrs) will inconvenience the law-abiding by catering to the least common denominator.
This is a whole ‘nuther level of stupid here.
“watching movies”
Yea yea, thats the ticket!
Brilliant post!
CIA official: Gore compromised by secret past
"According to a former high-ranking official in the CIA, Russian intelligence agencies possess thick dossiers concerning Al Gore's heavy usage of drugs three decades ago as well as his father's questionable dealings with Armand Hammer, a dedicated Soviet operative for 70 years".
“How about limiting the availability of, oh I don’t know, maybe COCAINE?”
How about just letting meth users select themselves out of the gene pool, since they are going to do it one way or the other.
I hear they use heat and water to make “drugs.” We should ban heat and water. Or at least put them behind the counter. If someone buys too much heat and water, we can kick in their door and shoot their dog. Freedom is awesome.
More evidence that the war on drugs knows no bounds. It long ago became unhinged from protecting people and is now busy grasping for any excuse to expand power and prohibit things.
I suppose that water will eventually have to be sold only by permit because it also is used in the production of meth.
“Rep. El-Amin is a 1988 graduate of Pattonville Senior High School in Maryland Heights, Missouri. He will graduate in December 2007 from Harris-Stowe State University with a degree in Urban Education.
“Rep. El-Amin was born on December 17, 1970 in St. Louis, Mo, where he currently resides with his wife, Yaphett El-Amin. They have five children: Brooklynn, Mark, Myles, Hasan and Ruqaiyah.”
Just curious, but was El-Amin his birth name? Or is he a Muslim convert? The first three kids’ names make me suspicious that this is a Johnny-Come-Lately to Mohammed.
what am imbecile
Not to worry, it'll all be over by the time they reach college.
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