Holy Crap! Bill Frist Reads the News-Leader!

The News-Leader published this "reader letter" a week ago:

On March 2, the Senate approved legislation placing tight restrictions on the purchase of cold medicines containing pseudoephedrine and ephedrine, the ingredients used to manufacture methamphetamine. As News-Leader reporters have found, methamphetamine has done tremendous damage throughout the Ozarks.

While some states, including Missouri, already have laws that restrict the sales of medicines that contain meth ingredients, many don't, allowing drug users to cross state lines and purchase unlimited supplies. The federal legislation will close this loophole.

Under the new law, which Missouri's Sen. Jim Talent introduced and advocated for in the Senate, cold medicines containing meth ingredients will be placed behind the counter or in a locked cabinet. People seeking to purchase these products will have to show identification and sign a log book. While law-abiding citizens will still be able to purchase up to 300 typical 30mg cold medicine tablets a month, drug users seeking to use the medication to cook meth will see their plots foiled.

This law should have a particularly significant impact on Springfield: last year, Missouri led the nation in methamphetamine lab seizures while my home state of Tennessee had the dubious honor of coming in second. By helping the Senate pass a tight, tough national methamphetamine law, Jim Talent has made a real difference for Springfield residents and for our country.

Bill Frist, M.D., Majority Leader, United States Senate

Thanks, Bill! You do your best to get Jimmy Boy re-elected. I like how he's still so proud of that M.D. that he puts it before "Majority Leader, United States Senate."

The good news is that with the Republican party image tarnished nationally due to the incompetent leadership of the Prez, and the party's incompetent management in Missouri, it seems likely to me that Talent could be thrown out on his ass with the rest of them.

Here's hoping at least.