Posted on 12/30/2004 12:32:37 PM PST by Earl B.
Okay, so I call in sick yesterday because I woke up feeling awful. Stuffy/runny nose. Muscle aches, fever, chills, headache. I took a couple of Advil, but still don't feel well enough to drive an hour to the office.
Later, in the afternoon, I feel well enough to go to the drugstore to get some cold medicine. Pop into Rite-Aid and grab a box of Drixoral (which works very well for my congestion/sinus issues). I also grab a couple of boxes of Triaminic Soft-Chews, because my son is very congested too and they work well for him.
When I get to the register, the computer flags my purchase somehow, and the cashier informs me that I can't buy all three items. Huh? It really wasn't registering with me. In my weakened state, I thought that I didn't have enough cash, or my card was being rejected. But I hadn't tendered any cash or attempted to use my card, so how could the cashier know what I could afford? I asked for a clarification.
The cashier told me that I could by any two of the items I wanted, but not all three. Why? Federal Law. Federal Law dictates how mcuh cold medicine I can buy for me and my family? I ask to speak to a manager.
Manager confirms - they can't sell me all three items. Apparently the active ingredient in my chosen medicines (Pseudoephedrine HCL) can be used to manufacture methamphetamine or some such. So Federal law limits how much I can buy.
Flabbergasted and defeated, I buy the Drixoral and ONE box of Triaminic. I took my purchases to my car, then walked into the grocery store next to Rite-Aid and bought another Triaminic.
Another glorious battle in the nation's War on Drugs.
I'd just as soon let them have all they want till they Kevorkian.
They have these same crappy laws in Texas. My neighbor told me the other day she couldn't buy everything she needed to treat her kid's cold either.
We really shouldn't be surprised though....you've had to be 18 to buy canned air for years!
Yup, it's true. We can only see a couple of boxes per person here in WA.
Breakmate (cola syrup)
Coca-Cola Classic
Each 1 liter box makes 30 refreshing 6.5 oz. drinks. There are 12 boxes in a case, yielding 360 drinks.
http://www.discountcoffee.com/breakmate_coke.htm
LOL! Our Moms would have been arrested nowadays.
We always got hot Toddies.
It's legal to give your own kids alcohol in your own home, just not in public.
Oklahoma's statute is more comprehensive. All pseudoephedrine HCL products that could be used in meth production can only be sold in pharmacies, kept off of the shelves and you must show ID and sign for it. It has substantially reduced meth labs in the state and Texas and Kansas are in talks with OK to see if the program can be adopted in their locales.
This is NOT an instance of looking for drug abusers, but the makers of meth.
It sure slows the meth maker down, though.
--yep--only thing I can compare it to was an unexpected mouthful of fresh, pure horseradish sauce artfully concealed on a plain bread bun under a Polish sausage---there I stood at the hot dog stand in Breckinridge, Colorado gasping for breath with tears running down my cheeks--
You mean the states with "dry" counties that were VOTED to be dry by the LEGAL VOTERS OF THOSE COUNTIES?
Certainly I find it ironic that a county could be dry while all surrounding counties were "wet", but if the voters choose to not allow alcohol sales in that county - that's their right as voters.
But back to the cold medicine limits - that was NOT voted in by voters. It was instated by beaurocrats who like nothing more than to have a controlling hand on every aspect of our lives.
And you know what - there is zero evidence that the controls/limits on Pseudoephedrin products has cut down on the production of Meth. It's just made it a lot less convenient for legitimate cold/alergy/sinus sufferers.
I guess it's a lot like "gun control" laws - little to no impact on the crimes they supposedly are to prevent. But notice how they don't get repealed.
Thank you!
Run to the border and stop because you done ran out of jurisdiction, righttt!
OK, so I'm an innocent. I know nothing about meth. What damage does it cause? What are the statistics on how many people are killed by it? It sounds like we are changing the entire culture of people selecting what they think is right to care for their family, to beat out the meth threat. Why? Is it worth it?
My eyes watered just reading that. I can't tolerate horseradish or hot sauce.
My parents used to mix up honey, lemon and whiskey in an old margarine container and give us a spoonful. Unfortunately, aside from calming our symptoms, it seemed to be a precursor for larger issues in my life. Hahahaha
Get a bigger truck, make fewer trips, problem solved.
I would think people using it for unintended purposes would just steal it anyway. We had a big problem with teens stealing Claritin when it became OTC.
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