Posted on 01/10/2005 1:53:46 PM PST by BJClinton
You can still get a legally allowed quantity. If you're contemplating bulk purchases, sorry amigo. The only people who need to buy thousands of cold or allergy pills are people bent on cooking meth.
Wrong, read the bill. It would prohibit the sale, except by perscritption, of substance containing "any detectable amount of pseudoephedrine" which would mean everyone who takes allergy medication unless it was in "liquid or liquid filled capsules" would be SOL.
You have a natural right to do anything that does not violate the rights of another (nor pose a clear and present danger of violating the rights of another).
"Simpler would be to restrict sales of sudafed to a limited quantity or put it behind the counter."
That's what they've done in Oregon. In Wal-Mart of the local drugstore, all of those cold remedies are now behind the counter, and you have to show ID when you buy them.
Just like a prison camp...
Ed
"That's what they've done in Oregon. In Wal-Mart of the local drugstore, all of those cold remedies are now behind the counter, and you have to show ID when you buy them.
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Same thing in Minnesota, in most places. However, I just bought a box of Sudafed at a local market and it was right out there on the shelf. I think it's a matter of store policy in some stores.
I don't really care that much. I don't mind asking for the medication if that will help keep it out of the illegal drug manufacturing stream. As for showing ID, that absolutely never bothers me. It's me, and that's my ID.
Yeah, that way during allergy season instead of just going to Walmart I can take half a day off of work to see the doctor and go to a pharmacy. Makes sense.
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