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08-22-2011, 05:27 PM
| | | | Sinuses and the DEA
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I did not think that things could get worse than having a credit card get declined during vacation, I was wrong.
I am not able to buy sinus medication because I do not hold a US ID anymore. This is because the DEA has made it a controlled substance because it is an ingredient to make meth.
What about making drano or even matches a controlled substance? Better yet, make it next to impossible to get brake fluid... |
08-22-2011, 05:30 PM
|  | is, against all odds, still a scuba viking. | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Alta Loma, California | | | Sinus medication is a controlled substance now?
... that's f-in' ridiculous.
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08-22-2011, 05:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Willmar, Minnesota | | | Been that way for years. Thanks Idiots (druggies suck).
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08-22-2011, 05:44 PM
| | | | Yep good 'ole Pseudoephedrine, they are also nazi's when it comes to buying a few bottles of nite quil.
get a neti pot and hope to god kids don;t start getting high off salt water.
My wife had to show 3 forms of ID for cough syrup. |
08-22-2011, 06:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: somewhere in middle America | | | It's available in pharmacies and takes only 30 seconds. It's no the end of the world. |
08-22-2011, 06:05 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Willmar, Minnesota | | Quote:
Originally Posted by spade2you It's available in pharmacies and takes only 30 seconds. It's no the end of the world. | Not available to anyone without sufficient ID.
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08-22-2011, 06:05 PM
| | | | But he doesn't have a US ID?
Have a friend buy it for you. |
08-22-2011, 06:09 PM
|  | One lab accident away from being a supervillain | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Powder Springs, Ga | | Quote:
Originally Posted by IconBasser Sinus medication is a controlled substance now?
... that's f-in' ridiculous. | yup Quote:
Originally Posted by carl h. Been that way for years. Thanks Idiots (druggies suck). | yup
Thing is, the druggies figured out how to be more efficient (also more dangerous) and don't need to buy such large quantities any more.
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08-22-2011, 06:10 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Oak Park, MI | | You should be thankful your government is keeping you safe from the ravages of Meth addiction, just like the TSA kept you safe from shampoo bombs carried by four year old Jihadhist on your plane. 
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08-22-2011, 06:25 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: somewhere in middle America | | Quote:
Originally Posted by carl h. Not available to anyone without sufficient ID. | If you don't have sufficient ID, you have other problems.
As to the effectiveness of the DEA policy, it has not cut down meth use, but meth labs are not as locally prominent as they were 10 years ago. |
08-22-2011, 06:41 PM
|  | Master of Reality | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: San Diego, CA | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by spade2you
As to the effectiveness of the DEA policy, it has not cut down meth use, but meth labs are not as locally prominent as they were 10 years ago.
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08-22-2011, 06:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Central Wisconsin | | Pfsht. Cooking meth takes work. I will just stick to huffing air dusters and gasoline.  |
08-22-2011, 06:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Sanchez83 Pfsht. Cooking meth takes work. I will just stick to huffing air dusters and gasoline. | Meth is much cheaper though |
08-22-2011, 07:09 PM
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Originally Posted by spade2you It's available in pharmacies and takes only 30 seconds. It's no the end of the world. | This.
It was the FDA that did it, not the DEA.
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08-22-2011, 08:24 PM
|  | Friends, Romans, Bass Players... | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Spencer, MA, USA | | Me, I'm still p'ed off that you have to be 18 or older and have to show ID in order to buy the movie The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly at Walmart! 
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08-22-2011, 08:29 PM
|  | The Lowdown Diggler | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, CA | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by stratovani Me, I'm still p'ed off that you have to be 18 or older and have to show ID in order to buy the movie The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly at Walmart! | What?!?! |
08-22-2011, 08:36 PM
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Originally Posted by MakiSupaStar What?!?! | Yeah, there was a thread about it last summer. I bought a Clint Eastwood 3-pack at wally world, his old spaghetti westerns, and they told me that you have to be 18 with ID in order to buy it. I remember not being too pleased that some of the members sided with Walmart on this, especially that, while they are violent in a 60s sort of way, kids nowadays can see way more violent stuff on YouTube anytime they want. But people siding with the Evil Empire? Puh-leez!!
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08-22-2011, 11:24 PM
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Originally Posted by spade2you If you don't have sufficient ID, you have other problems. | My ID is sufficient enough to enter the USA, drive a vehicle, get a room, use as identification for credit card usage but not good enough to buy some sinus medicine. |
08-22-2011, 11:40 PM
| | The Lowdown Diggler | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, CA | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by stratovani
Yeah, there was a thread about it last summer. I bought a Clint Eastwood 3-pack at wally world, his old spaghetti westerns, and they told me that you have to be 18 with ID in order to buy it. I remember not being too pleased that some of the members sided with Walmart on this, especially that, while they are violent in a 60s sort of way, kids nowadays can see way more violent stuff on YouTube anytime they want. But people siding with the Evil Empire? Puh-leez!!
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08-23-2011, 07:53 AM
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Originally Posted by spade2you It's available in pharmacies and takes only 30 seconds. It's no the end of the world. | It's not the end of the world, but it IS a pain in the neck. I find the quantity limitations particularly annoying.
The rules around here only let you purchase 1 pill per day up to a maximum of 30-35 pills/month. Normally, this isn't a big deal, but when allergy season hits and both my wife and I need some decongestant, it is. Say I go grocery shopping and pick up a 15 pack at the pharmacy. Great, we've got booger pills for a week.
When I go back the next week, I can't buy more because 15 days have not elapsed yet there is only 1 pill to last 2 people for a week.
Sure, there are ways to get around this. I can ask my wife to do the food shopping that week, or just go to a different store (Wow! Bullet-proof system they've got in place) but that's not the point. The point is that the new rules only make it harder for the law-abiding segment of the population to get their medicine.
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