"I’m not a f*****g criminal. I’m a guy with allergies"

November 6, 2006

How the pseudoephedrine crackdown is affecting everyday allergy sufferers:

Now I have to go to a Wal-Mart or CVS or whatever every 10 days, as opposed to buying a bottle of 50 or 100 tablets at one time and at a reduced price. I have to wait in line to explain to a pharmacy worker or checkout clerk that I’d like their generic version of Claritin-D; the checkout clerks generally have to bring four or five different boxes over, one at a time, before they hit upon what I’m talking about. Then, I have to take my drivers license out of my wallet, hand it over and watch them take down all my information in the logbook — the logbook I must sign and that undoubtedly goes to some FDA or DEA office where all the names, including mine, are entered into some Anti-Methamphetamine Crackdown Watch List.

So am I saying that I hate crystal meth, a drug that’s caused and is still causing untold damage to American families, courts, properties and individuals, because every 10 days I am inconvenienced to the tune of about 10 minutes?

Yes, I am.

(via FARK.com)

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{ 5 comments }

1 Anonymous November 7, 2006 at 10:04 am: The war on nasal congestion relief proceeds apace.

New laws have reduced abuse of OTC psuedoephedrine products, but have not put one little dent in the methamphetamine abuse problem. Most of the meth comes from commercial labs in Mexico anyway, and that’s where it still comes from now.
2 KipEsquire November 7, 2006 at 10:24 am: Seems to me he should hate the politicians, not the drug.
3 Michael Rack, MD November 7, 2006 at 11:29 am: In most cases, decongestants should only be used 7-10 days at a time.
If an antihistamine combined with a steroid nasal spray doesn’t control symptoms, then consultation with an allergist is reasonable.
4 Esquivel November 7, 2006 at 12:13 pm: I’d bet the farm that whatever politician you voted for last time around thought that this was one of those great ways to be “tough on crime” and did it “for your own good” and “for the children”. Be careful who you vote for, you just might get what you asked for.
5 Anonymous November 27, 2006 at 3:41 am: Last year i could buy 60 mg pseudophedrine 100 ct for $6.Now they charge $3.50 for 24ct generic.We are being raped by the system again.