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Longs Drug Stores will no longer sell nail polish remover to shoppers under age 18, and will scan the driver’s licenses of adults each time they purchase the acetone-based product, Longs personnel said Tuesday.
While there is no law governing such purchases, Longs, part of the CVS pharmacy chain, will make sales only to adults, Longs store personnel confirmed.
MSN Money, in an online report Monday, said the policy is similar to rules restricting access to the pseudoephedrine in Sudafed and other cold medications by requiring that they be sold from behind the pharmacy counter.
Acetone, like pseudoephedrine, is one of the most commonly used ingredients in making methamphetamine, or "ice," according to the Meth Project’s website. It also says meth’s key ingredients are toxic and highly flammable.
Hawaii has a pseudoephedrine law that went into effect in 2006 that mirrors federal controls requiring retailers to put those products behind the counter or in locked display cases.
