<p>We found out yesterday during first day of BB that we had to sign for our D (won’t be 18 until after classes start in Fall) to participate in some activities of BB (liability thing I guess).</p>
<p>Luckily we were available to do so, but I’m wondering if that could be a problem for any students coming without parents.</p>
<p>Just thought I would pass it on.</p>
<p>My D who is 18 was told to get my signature yesterday. Then I remembered learning on BB that 19 is the legal age in Alabama.</p>
<p>Just an interesting footnote here – when my daughter ran out of Sudafed she couldn’t buy the “real stuff” in Alabama until she turned 19. Since in Georgia you are limited to small purchases (people use the active ingredient to make chrystal meth) I had to get a few friends to make purchases for me so that I could not only treat everyone’s allergies at home but also get her enough to make it through her next visit home.</p>
<p>And in Mississippi, you can’t buy it at all without a prescription. My sister (who lives in MS) was in Alabama and tried to get some for her sinus headache but when the drugstore saw that she lived in MS, they wouldn’t sell it to her!</p>
<p>Even after you are 19, Alabama still limits the quantity you can buy. You have to provide your driver’s license and buy it from behind the pharmacy counter.</p>
<p>BamaAF, my D is 16. She attended the BB session on May 29-30 and as far as I know we didn’t have to sign anything for any of the activities. If we were supposed to she didn’t tell us!</p>
<p>We had to sign a waiver for D – D brought it to us, and they also briefed it in Ferg Theatre. It was a release from liability so D could participate in activities at Rec Center, etc.</p>
<p>Can we get these waivers online (or ???), as my S did not bring me anything to sign, and we attended May 29-30 session. Also, please clarify if these waivers for rec centre are for all under age 19 or all under age 18. Thanks.</p>
<p>Hmm… My D went to the rec center and participated in some of the activities. Maybe she had her dad sign it. She never mentioned anything about it. I will have to ask about that. She wants to go to the rec center regularly so I will need to find out if I need to sign something at the beginning of the semester. Thanks for the info!</p>
<p>Will talk to D and wife and get answer to age and if it is just a BB thing or a Bama/Rec Center thing. Will post when I find out.</p>
<p>I wonder if the waiver was for the climbing wall. From the Rec center website, it appears there is a liability waiver that everyone must sign in order to use the climbing wall. I know that was one of the activities my D was looking forward to doing. The next day I asked how it was and she said she didn’t do the climbing wall. Maybe it was because she didn’t have a signed waiver.</p>
<p>If you give your kids verbal permission before they go then just tell them to sign your name if a signature is required. As long as you don’t have to sign in front of someone then they’ll never know your kid signed your name.</p>
<p>Just make sure they’re smart enough not to sign it “Epstein’s mom”.</p>
<p>If you never watched Welcome Back Kotter you won’t get the joke above.</p>
<p>WOW, you are dating yerself! I thought it was typo and shoulda read ‘EINstein’s mom’, as in what any genius kid would do…</p>
<p>LOL at the turn this thread has taken – seems my D left the letter (Mom signed) at home on her way to event last night; When they asked for it at Rec Cntr (and they did), Avanti gave her a new one and she signed Mom’s name again. Brilliant call Casino; and by the way, yep I get the joke, from prime time (which really dates me).</p>
<p>It was strictly a Rec Center form given out when the incoming students first broke out in the morning-- can’t explain why our D had one if others did not.</p>
<p>Casino has a good plan as one never knows when a permission slip will be required. For example, permission slips were required for those under 19 playing on the inflatable carnival rides and mechanical bull at a recent campus event.</p>
<p>tjmom, I’m surprised that that the store wouldn’t sell Sudafed to your sister because she had a MS driver’s license. Mississippi laws don’t apply in Alabama and for all they know, she is using the medication in Alabama. I once tried to buy Sudafed in Oregon and as Oregon also requires a prescription, the pharmacy technician told me to cross the bridge and buy it in Washington. In this area (Pacific Northwest), it is very common to do “jurisdiction shopping” as prices and laws vary widely among the various cities, transportation districts, Indian Reservations, and states/provinces.</p>
<p>Random fact: Canadian driver’s licenses are not accepted as valid ID when buying alcohol or tobacco products in the State of Alabama.</p>
<p>Sea Tide,</p>
<p>That’s what I thought about the Mississippi law not applying in Alabama, so I researched this a bit. To my surprise, it appears the legislation in Alabama was amended to include the restriction from Mississippi into the state of Alabama. So, several articles I read state that the new legislation in Alabama does require residents of Mississippi and other states to produce a prescription for purchasing these products if it is required in their state of residence. It is really is Alabama law being enforced, not Mississippi law in these cases.</p>
<p>[Alabama</a> restricting some cold, allergy medicines - BusinessWeek](<a href=“Bloomberg - Are you a robot?”>Bloomberg - Are you a robot?)</p>
<p>I found the following statement in the article linked above and several others:</p>
<p>“Consumers from states that require a prescription for the medicines, such as Mississippi, will be required to produce a prescription if they try to make a purchase in Alabama.”</p>
<p>That is interesting to know, but isn’t very surprising considering some of the other laws on Alabama’s books/extremely long constitution. Assuming other contiguous states don’t have the law, people will just go there (there are limits on sales of the drugs at the Federal level, with Nebraska long being the lone holdout by still stocking them on publicly-accessible shelves). </p>
<p>Back on topic, there are relatively few times when age will be an issue. Assuming that 18-year old students aren’t wanting to go to dance clubs, play “charity bingo”, or purchase tobacco products, age hardly ever an issue. FWIW, the age of consent in Alabama is generally 16, but is 19 in some cases.</p>
<p>“Canadian driver’s licenses are not accepted as valid ID when buying alcohol or tobacco products in the State of Alabama.”</p>
<p>Thank goodness! Justin Bieber can stay out of Alabama!</p>