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Other short titles | Curbing Production of Methamphetamine Bill |
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Long title | An Act to further regulate and punish illicit conduct relating to methamphetamine, and for other purposes. |
Acronyms (colloquial) | CMEA |
Nicknames | Methamphetamine Epidemic Elimination Act |
Enacted by | the 109th United States Congress |
Effective | March 9, 2006 |
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Public law | 109-177 |
Statutes at Large | 120 Stat. 192 aka 120 Stat. 256 |
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The Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005 (CMEA) is federal legislation enacted in the United States on March 9, 2006, to regulate, among other things, retail over-the-counter sales of following products because of their use in the manufacture of illegal drugs:
Retail provisions of the CMEA include daily sales limits and 30-day purchase limits, placement of product out of direct customer access, sales logbooks, customer ID verification, employee training, and self-certification of regulated sellers. The CMEA is found as Title VII of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 (H.R. 3199).[1] The last provisions of the law took effect on 30 September 2006.