- LINCOLN (AP) -- If you buy
cold or allergy medications in Nemaha County, Neb., the sheriff wants your
name.
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- It's part of a voluntary effort to fight the production
of methamphetamine -- an illegal drug that can be made from a substance
found in common over-the-counter medications.
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- It's a highly addictive stimulant that produces a euphoric
"high" that lasts six to eight hours. It can be cooked up just
about anywhere, from backyard sheds to motel rooms. Sheriff Brent Lottman
wants store clerks to ask for identification from customers who buy such
products. He said tracking such purchases may be one of the few ways to
fight meth production.
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- Civil liberties advocates say people buying medicine
for their health shouldn't have to find their names in a government database.
One official with the ACLU said the program shows what he called "the
idiocy of the war on drugs."
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