edstreet
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First let me start off by saying I do not advocate recreational drugs in any shape or form. I would also like to add please be civil for this thread.
However, with meth production affecting how we buy many products, i.e. Pseudoephedrine, a.k.a. sudafed being 'behind the counter' and a national registry of buyers being checked with each and every purchase and a quantity limit imposed monthly. It seems to be this is the future, where many things we buy is highly regulated, controlled and we must prove we need it.
There is some new products trying to be added to this discriminating practice. This one happens to be acetone but I can assure you there are others as well.
This was a news article that I was made aware of about it.
CVS pharmacy screens buyers of nail polish remover
The quote is a direct copy/paste from the article.
Essentially what is of note is many of us use acetone, be it CA debonder or just raw acetone to clean metal, wood and the like with. What would really suck is heavy regulation that affects our market due to these 'feel good laws'
I have bad allergies and I practically live on claratin-D. Because of this I have had more grief, harassment and other similar problems over the years. One recent case we had to involve the police to check the 'registry' to find out if someone was using my license fraudently (turned out to be an in store error). If our industry is put under wraps like this there will be serious damage done.
However, with meth production affecting how we buy many products, i.e. Pseudoephedrine, a.k.a. sudafed being 'behind the counter' and a national registry of buyers being checked with each and every purchase and a quantity limit imposed monthly. It seems to be this is the future, where many things we buy is highly regulated, controlled and we must prove we need it.
There is some new products trying to be added to this discriminating practice. This one happens to be acetone but I can assure you there are others as well.
This was a news article that I was made aware of about it.
CVS pharmacy screens buyers of nail polish remover
Add nail polish remover to the list of consumer items now being screened in the battle against meth. CVS, the nation's second-largest pharmacy chain by number of stores, is rolling out a policy at all of its 7,500 locations requiring that ID be shown when buying acetone-based nail polish remover — and limiting how many bottles may be bought at once.
"We are in the process of implementing this chainwide, beginning a few weeks ago," CVS spokesman Michael DeAngelis told WBUR-TV in Boston.
While CVS and many other chain stores already require ID for buying certain medicines that can be broken down to make methamphetamine, the new CVS policy on nail polish remover was first noted in its New England stores earlier this month. In Rhode Island, WPRI-TV reported that signs recently appeared alongside nail polish remover that state: "CVS/Pharmacy is helping to protect our community from the illegal making and use of methamphetamine because acetone can be used in the process. Valid I.D. must be presented to purchase acetone-containing products."
The WBUR reporter who reported the policy change wrote that she stumbled upon it when trying to buy nail polish remover at a CVS self-checkout stand.
"There was an error message on the screen," wrote Rachel Rohr, "and a slip of paper printed out that read, 'Products containing acetone/iodine cannot be purchased at the self checkout.'"
"So that's it kids," she wrapped up. "You can buy your nail polish at CVS, but you'll have to buy your nail polish remover at Walgreens. (It's cool, I checked.)"
Reader reaction on the WBUR website was overwhelmingly critical.
One person noted that acetone is sold by the gallon at hardware stores, so why would a meth maker even bother with small bottles?
"When will this insane invasion of privacy stop?" asked another person. "Next we won't be able to buy a six pack of soda or a donut without ID because of the obesity epidemic."
The quote is a direct copy/paste from the article.
Essentially what is of note is many of us use acetone, be it CA debonder or just raw acetone to clean metal, wood and the like with. What would really suck is heavy regulation that affects our market due to these 'feel good laws'
I have bad allergies and I practically live on claratin-D. Because of this I have had more grief, harassment and other similar problems over the years. One recent case we had to involve the police to check the 'registry' to find out if someone was using my license fraudently (turned out to be an in store error). If our industry is put under wraps like this there will be serious damage done.