Washington Libertarian Review

Political commentary from the State of Washington with a libertarian perspective.

Saturday, October 01, 2005

Its a brave new world

Have cold? Forget your ID? Too bad.

Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam
Where the deer and the antelope play
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word
And the skies are not cloudy all day

2 Comments:

Blogger Don Bangert said...

A similar article came out in the Everett Herald about a month ago. I went and looked at the Bill, read the laws that were changed and concluded that the only "people" affected by this new legislation were those selling the regulated drugs.

If you look at RCW 34.05.313 Feasibility studies -- Pilot projects, you'll see that it does not compel performance from the general public. As near as I can tell, when retailers ask to "record" our ID's in their logs, we are free to say, "No, Thank you. I choose not to participate in your little experiment."

I am referring to:
"NEW SECTION. Sec. 8 A new section is added to chapter 69.43 RCW to read as follows:
(1) The state board of pharmacy, using procedures under chapter 34.05 RCW, shall implement and conduct a statewide pilot project requiring the collection and maintenance of written or electronic logs or other alternative means of recording retail transactions involving ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine. The rules implementing the pilot project shall be in place by January 1, 2006.
"

Please, correct me if I'm wrong.

10:43 AM  
Blogger Richard Shepard said...

This language: "a statewide pilot project requiring the collection and maintenance of written or electronic logs" seems pretty clear to me.

You may decline to provide ID, and the vendor can decline to sell. I think buyers in need will have no choice.

5:49 PM  

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