Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005
First arrest
A retrievable record of all purchases identifying the name and address of each party to be kept for two years Required verification of proof of identity of all purchasers Required protection and disclosure methods in the collection of personal information Reports to the Attorney General of any suspicious payments or disappearances of the regulated products Required training of employees with regard to the requirements of the CMEA; Retailer must self-certify as to training and compliance Non-liquid dose form of regulated product may only be sold in unit dose blister packs Regulated products are to be sold behind the counter or in a locked cabinet in such a way as to restrict public access Daily sales of regulated products not to exceed 3.6 grams without regard to the number of transactions 30 day (not monthly) sales limit not to exceed 7.5 grams if sold by mail-order or "mobile retail vendor" 30 day purchase limit not to exceed 9 grams of pseudoephedrine base in regulated products (misdemeanor possession offense under 21 USC 844a for the individual who buys it) Prescriptions are exempt from logbook requirements. In September 2006, Tim Naveau was arrested and charged with a Class-B misdemeanor for purchasing Claritin-D. Naveau takes one tablet of Claritin D each day to combat allergies, and he "had stocked up on the allergy medication because his teenage son, who was also an allergy sufferer, needed several packages because he was headed off to a church camp." Minors are not permitted to purchase pseudoephedrine under the law. Naveau had gone over the legal limit for pseudoephedrine when he purchased extra Claritin-D to give to his son before he attended church camp.
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