DOVER, Del. (AP) - Delawareans will soon have to give up their personal information in order to buy many commonly used over-the-counter cold and allergy medicines.
Under a bill being signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Jack Markell, retailers and pharmacists must keep records on anyone buying nonprescription medicines containing pseudoephedrine.
The new law is aimed at cracking down on the production of illegal methamphetamine, for which pseudoephedrine is a key ingredient.
Starting Jan. 1, anyone wanting to buy an over-the-counter medicine containing pseudoephedrine will have to provide a government-issued ID and their name, address and date of birth. Pharmacists and retailers will enter the information into a national database that tracks pseudoephedrine sales and can send a signal to stop a purchase to prevent meth cooks from obtaining illegal quantities of the drug.
