Flash before you sneeze.If you want to buy common cold medicines in Hawaii that contain pseudoephedrine pseudoephedrine /pseu·do·ephed·rine/ (-e-fed´rin) one of the optical isomers of ephedrine; used as the hydrochloride or sulfate salt as a nasal decongestant. pseu·do·e·phed·rine n. (used to make crystal methamphetamine methamphetamine (mĕth'ămfĕt`əmēn): see amphetamine; methedrine. ) you will have to show a photo ID and sign a logbook at the store, under a new law in that state. In addition, stores also will be required to keep the medication behind the counter or in locked display case. Individual customers are limited to purchasing 3.6 grams per day and no more than 9 grams in a month. Authorities also are working on setting up an electronic database to prevent people from going from store to store, or island to island, to buy more than is allowed. "This law works," says Lieutenant Governor lieutenant governor n. Abbr. Lt. Gov. 1. An elected official ranking just below the governor of a state in the United States. 2. The nonelective chief of government of a Canadian province. James Aiona James R. "Duke" Aiona, Jr. (born June 8, 1955), is the current Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii. He is of Chinese, Portuguese and Hawaiian descent. Prior to his election to the office in 2002, he was a jurist, serving both as an attorney and a judge for the state. , noting that other states have experienced dramatic dips in the number of lab investigations following passage of similar laws. |
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