First Arrest In The Nation For Violating The Combat Methamphetamine Act

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MAR 30 -- (New York) John P. Gilbride, Special Agent in Charge of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration and United States Attorney Terry Flynn, Western District of New York announced the arrest of William FOUSSE for violating the Combat Methamphetamine Act by purchasing over 9 grams of pseudoephedrine in a month’s time.
SAC Gilbride stated, “This is a first for DEA. DEA's focus is to dismantle clandestine methamphetamine labs and trafficking organizations and to also monitor the products that are illegally used to produce methamphetamine. DEA is commited to keeping our communites safe from the dangers of methamphetamine production and abuse. Today’s arrest is a warning to those who violate the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act.”
The Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act (CMEA) of 2005 was signed into law on March 9, 2006 to regulate, among other things, retail over-the-counter sales of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine products which are common ingredients found in cough, cold, and allergy products. Retail provisions of the CMEA include daily sales limits and 30-day purchase limits, placement of product out of direct customer access, sales logbooks, customer ID verification, employee training and self-certification of regulated sellers. The CMEA was passed because those drugs are precursor chemicals used in the illicit manufacture of methamphetamine or amphetamine.
In order to purchase products containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine an individual must show identification and sign a log book at pharmacies. DEA along with state and local law enforcement are responsible for monitoring these log books in order to identify if any one person is purchasing more than 9 grams within a month’s time.
This investigation revealed that William FOUSSE had purchased 406 Bronkaid caplets which contain 25 mg of ephedrine sulfate per tablet over a two week period, which resulted in purchasing over 29 grams of ephedrine. Further investigation revealed that FOUSSE had also purchased similar products over the same time period from three other pharmacies. The combined amount of ephedrine purchased was over 29 grams which is three times over what is allowed by law.
SAC Gilbride commends the Wayne County Sheriff’s Department and the US Attorney’s Office Western District of New York.

>>Wasn't this law in effect starting March 9th 2006? It took over a year of extensive bookeeping by all the pharmacies in the USA, added to the already burdersome regualtions that pharmacies go through to conduct business to catch one person? You know they pass the cost of bookeeping to you the consumer. Swim would like to know how much this act has cost american businesses.

The Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005 (Title VII of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005, P.L. 109-177)

Swim still don't get what methamphetamine has to do with al qaeda. If anyone knows please inform. You can thank Nancy Pelosi current speaker of the house for adding it to the Patriot Act, swim told you she doesn't get it. She is clueless on many issues.

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The best part is the majority of meth comes from Mexico and is not clandestinely manufactured in the US.

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Swim still don't get what methamphetamine has to do with al qaeda. If anyone knows please inform. You can thank Nancy Pelosi current speaker of the house for adding it to the Patriot Act, swim told you she doesn't get it. She is clueless on many issues.


so they ccan stay up all night thinking of more ways to destroy the US for haveing "freedom" thats why we have fredom fighters now to battle the freedom.

also to get back on topic,swim would gusse that the meth that comes form mexico is of a lesser purity and probly has more adulterants right?so theyd rather have dirty poison in the us?no idea aboute that let me now if im right or wrong.

wow thats over one year to catch 1 person?lol looks like im on the wining side of the drug war.

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Say he might be able to get a 66% yield out of it, that would leave him less than 20 grams, or less than an ounce. All of this legislation, a year of enforcement at untold costs to businesses prevented 20 grams of meth from hitting the streets? Why doesn't the government spend its money on finding that silver bullet. One that can stop cravings and and prevent relaspes. Money better spent than the meth act of 1995.

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Why doesn't the government spend its money on finding that silver bullet. One that can stop cravings and and prevent relaspes. Money better spent than the meth act of 1995.
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they have found it and they made it illegal: iboga (sp?)