Buying Sudafed
I guess it’s just been a while since I actually bought the ‘real deal’ Sudafed, but I was pretty damn surprised with the process I had to go through just to buy a 24 pill pack of ‘Sudafed Maximum Strength’. See, I had already tried the Sudafed PE, which is crap. That shite don’t work! I knew I had to go for the heavy-duty stuff if I was gonna get over this hell-on-earth head cold.
First I had to take a ticket from the pill aisle up to the pharmacy. Then the almost-a-pharmacist guy asks me if I want the real Sudafed or a knock-off. Actually he said, “Do you want the generic or the name-brand?” And I’m thinking to myself, “Well, since I’m really feeling like shit, and I really do want the god-awful pressure inside my nasal cavity to subside, I guess I’ll play it safe and get the ‘real shit’.”
So I says, “The real shit, please…” and he goes and grabs a pack from the super-secret rack where they keep all of the pills that meth-heads can use to make their magic crystal. Now for the fun part.
He asks for my driver’s license. I hand it over. He grabs a clip board with a list of other people’s personal information that just wanted to get in and get the fuck out of the drug store. He writes down all my personal info, including address and driver’s license number and then asks me to sign above where he printed my name.
“Are you serious?” Is all I’m thinking. Has it really come to this? The only medicine that has ever really relieved the most severe of my sinus/congestion headaches, and it has to contain a chemical that entrepreneurial individuals can use to make crystal methamphetamine? So now there’s going to be a record of every place I will ever buy Sudafed, or any other drug that contains ephedrine or psuedoephedrine?
Why couldn’t I live in a city that had more ghetto roots instead of redneck roots? If crack was more popular, then I wouldn’t have to be subjected to such an invasion of privacy!
It’s national now dude. It’s easier to pick up oxycodone or ritalin at the drugstore than a simple decongestant. I had to register as a drug offender at my neighborhood Walgreens this weekend too.
Robguy: Yeah, its more of a headache filling your prescription than it is getting Sudafed.
It hasn’t come to that in Alberta, yet!
Do you think they’re entering all that info into a national database, or are they just trying bluffing to scare off meth-makers?
kathy: That’s a good question kathy… I doubt they’re using it to really create a database of potential ‘meth-makers’ but I’m sure if the DEA or local law enforcement is looking for meth labs in the area, they’ll be sure to check up on who’s been buying what at the local drug stores.
jesus…I hope the meth heads don’t figure out a way to make meth out of NyQuil because when I’m sick I live on that shit and I really don’t want to go through that bullshit you had to go through! maybe walmart should only sell spoons behind the counter too because you might be using them to cook up heroin. lol
What kills me is that these ridiculous rituals aren’t gonna do a thing to curb Sudafed abuse. Like legal adults aren’t just as into meth as the juvies are?
Dawn: That was me this weekend… NyQuil at night and Sudafed during the day. I’ll really be pissed if I have to fill out forms to get my NyQuil.
nicole: My thoughts exactly!
Mmmmm… methalicious…
JJ: I can taste it in my mouth right now!
One of the major ingredients in Nyquil is the hallucinogen, and raver party drug - DMX. In addition to its psychotropic effects, recent studies have shown that it really sucks as a cough suppressant. I’m not aware of any attempt to limit its sale (except in some areas to grade school children).
It’s now sudafed free. The other ingredients are tylenol and an antihistamine (which unless you have allergies only makes you tired). Basically, you just get stoned so you can rest.
Robguy: Hmmm, this DMX of which you speak sounds WUNDERFULLLLL…
snorting sudafed is tha best niggazzzz
Jenna: I’ll take your word for it…
500mg codeine n 200mg promethazine with a few spliffs is better.