Showing ID & signing in to buy OTC cold medicines?

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Until you present your alleged statistics in light of user populations, all I can say to your post is "what a load of bollocks."

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Typical. 'Tis ok though, someone else went to the effort. In this case, I'd say find the facts for yourself, as I've found that even if the website I pull the info from is a .gov website, the information is nearly always accused of being false, so for you to believe the information, you need to find it yourself.

I shouldn't, no. But neither should it always be left up to the individual. People are stupid. Not all people; but a lot. We shouldn't have to make laws prohibiting sex with minors, but we do. We shouldn't have to make laws against racism, but we do. We shouldn't have to tell people that some substance is too dangerous, too addictive for them to use it responsibly, but we do.

Good grief! You cannot compare sex with minors to using a drug. A smart person doesn't use meth and then go hang out with a bunch of strangers. They usually keep themselves in a locked house, either with people they know or alone, and as long as left alone, they leave everyone else alone. Furthermore, were you to legalize it, so so many people aren't getting ripped off, so that it's not so dangerous to produce (do to lack of proper equipment), so that it doesn't require every penny a person has to afford even a small quantity of it, much of the property theft and violence revolving around aquiring it would more than likely vanish.

What's more, racism is not illegal. Racism defined is simply hating another person because of their race. It is racist acts that are illegal, and again, racist acts usually involve violence or property damage or theft, etc. None of which is involved in drug use. If I were to go use any given drug, all I'm doing is harming my own body. Which is my choice. You don't know me, and if you did, just like everyone else you'd think I was an asshole. Why should you care if I harm myself? Hell, I already smoke tobacco, why not add to the pot? (tobacco is all though)

Second, if you were to come into my home and tell me what to do, and that I can not do things, you'd find yourself at the bottom of a flight of stairs, quite possibly in very, very bad shape, wondering how you got there.


Bottom line is, they can require me to show ID for whatever they want. I don't care. I will register absolutely nothing at a grocery store. They will not log my purchases. There's something called right to privacy. Mine will not be violated in that manner.