New Technology Addresses Shortcoming in Iowas Meth Bill LobbyGuard Software Enhances Law Enforcement Efforts
RALEIGH, NC, March 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack signed a bill today that requires all buyers of pseudoephedrine, a common decongestant used to make methamphetamine, to show identification and sign a log sheet that tracks purchases. LobbyGuard Solutions, LLC produces technology that can help enhance the bill's effectiveness.
The bill's measures are meant to limit the amount of pseudoephedrine people can buy over a month, to prevent meth makers from stockpiling the pills. Requiring purchasers to sign a log sheet at the pharmacy will create a written record of the purchases made by an individual at any location. A major problem with the approach is the difficulty comparing activity from stacks of paper records especially when trying to track an individuals purchase activity across several pharmacies. Thats where technology can help.
Raleigh, NC software maker LobbyGuard Solutions, LLC explains how technology can achieve what the bill aspires to accomplish.
Unlike paper logbooks, software can keep a complete record of the purchase in a centralized location. This central recording feature will make it possible to quickly and easily spot individuals who are making frequent purchases, or who are purchasing from multiple pharmacies, explains President Kevin Allen.
Using their LobbyGuard software in a pharmacy, individuals who wish to purchase ephedrine-related products would be required to sign in using the touchscreen interface. Optionally, LobbyGuard can record the photo of the purchaser, and also record driver license information.
This same system is currently in use in school systems across the Southeast to track visitor traffic and alert school officials of suspicious activity. Allen asserts that the success of LobbyGuards technology in the school system will translate into the arena of controlled pharmaceuticals.
The software could automatically notify appropriate law enforcement personnel of any suspicious buying patterns. It will help combat the nations growing meth problem.
About LobbyGuard Solutions, LLC LobbyGuard Solutions, LLC produces LobbyGuard, a highly effective visitor tracking system that enhances school safety, pharmaceutical control and corporate security. LobbyGuard records all visitor and employee traffic details, prints photo ID badges and provides access to a full range of visitor traffic reports from anywhere on the web. For more information about LobbyGuard, please visit their Web site: http://www.lobbyguard.com
Contact: Kevin Allen, President, LobbyGuard Solutions, LLC, +1-919-676-8300 ext. 162 or kevin.allen@lobbyguard.com
