One more Law or Regulation in the War on (some) Drugs
I stopped by the Shoppers Food Whorehouse today to get some saline for nasal flushing. It was near the Sudfed, (or where the Sudfed used to be).
(Click on the picture for higher-rez, larger image picture (222.5 KB), as a pop-up if you allow javascript)
I’ve seen the little cards before, but this was a new twist. As you can see from the photo, the store has most helpfully put little signs by the little cards that you carry up to the pharmacy. (where you get carded, and you need to sign a little book that goes to your friendly neighborhood police department) The little signs let you know how much the Overloads will let you buy in one visit.
Nanny state us to death, why don’t you?
Truth be told, I don’t think I’ve taken any Pseudoephedrine HCL since the pills came in little glass bottles (unless it was hidden in multi-symptom cough syrup). I’ve found the stuff pretty ineffective in my system. Those little bottles, by the way, went the way of the dodo because some little bureaucratic dim bulb thought that by requiring only the push-through-foil-type packaging , illicit meth manufacture would cease, as it would be too much bother to remove and crush the pills. Guess what? People on meth have amazing focus power, so much so that identity thief and the meth focus needed to piece together shredded documents go hand in hand.
Of course, once the overlords realized that one of their stupid regs didn’t do jack in the War on (some) Drugs they repealed it right? Right?
Fortunately, this is pissing off a bunch of good citizens. Peoples, when you get mad over the extra hassle, when police come to question you because you bought too much allergy medicine this month, don’t blame the meth-heads. Blame the Overlords responsible. Blame your congress-critters and the minions that mindlessly do their bidding.
Related Tags: War on (some) Drugs, War on Drugs, sudfed, pseudoephedrine, Meth, Methylamphetamine
