If you suffer from allergies, and venture to your local CVS, Eckerds, or Rite-Aid in search of Sudafed and such remedies, be prepared to wait at the counter and produce name, address, and ID, so it can be duly logged in.

This feature was bundled in with the recent Patriot Act extension, sponsored by these fine public servants, as something called the Combat Meth Act:

Senators: Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA); Senator Ken Salazar (D-CO); Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA); Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA); Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN); Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE); Senator Chuch Hagel (R-NE); Senator Mark Dayton (D-MN); Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN); Senator Jim Talent (R-MO); Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR); Senator Gordon Smith (R-OR)

Representatives: Rep. Rick Renzi (R-1st/AZ); Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-2nd/CO); Rep. John Shimkus (R-19th/IL); Rep. Ron Lewis (R-2nd/KY); Rep. Roy Blunt (R-7th/MO); Rep. Todd Akin (R-2nd/MO); Rep. John Duncan (R-2nd/TN

“The War on Drugs.” Another code word for idiotic ham-fistedness by grandstanding, ineffectual legislators.

All the representatives are up for re-election in 2006. Senators who should be shown the door in the fall: Feinstein, Nelson, Dayton, and Talent.

-k-
h/t: To the People.

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