I'm not doubting you, but since when? Or is just a county by county thing. I have had no problems buying any of that kind of stuff here, either in the supermarket, Dollar General or the drug store.........
It happened some time within the last two months. We went to the store around December 1 to the 4th, and we had to give ID and sign a piece of paper. I vaguely recall reading about Mark Warner signing a law about it, but I can't remember when that was. I only know that we first went to Wal-Mart to buy Sudafed. There were no packages on the shelf. There were cards that said, "Take this to the pharmacy," but the pharmacy was already closed. So we went to a 24-hour pharmacy. We tried to buy one box of plain old Sudafed for me. Before our girls were old enough to take the stuff, that would last me for three or four years. Since they seem to get a cold a month (gym class is great), they take it a lot more than I ever have. Hubby wanted the 12-hour, multi-symptom reliever version. We ended up buying the box for him, and I just did without. I was going on a plane the next day, and I really should have bought the stuff for me. Big mistake! I'm not sure if they would let hubby buy a box and me another box. I'll ask the next time we're there.