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Sanders Kaufman <bucky@kaufman.net> wrote:
> Hank Mishkoff wrote:
>> 
>> I called the store today to ask about that policy, they tell
>> me that *all* of their registers are programmed that way.
>> They tell me it's the law (which is what the cashier told me
>> as well). I hate to be suspicious (paranoia induced by too
>> much Sudafed?), but I have a hunch that it's not a law at
>> all, that it's just store policy, and that they deflect
>> complaints by saying that it's the law and that they *have*
>> to do it.
>> 
>> Can anyone here shed any light on this situation?
> 
> Kids are getting stoned on Sudafed.  It got to be a pretty big 
> problem.

That's not the problem. The problem is that meth heads use Sudafed
to cook up more meth.

As for Hank's question... I don't know the answer. I don't think
that they are required to record your birthdate but it's possible
that they are required to record customer information in one of
some number of ways, and that's the one they chose.