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The War on Users of Cold, Allergy Drugs
Townhall.com ^ | April 19, 2011 | Debra J. Saunders

Posted on 04/19/2011 7:16:23 AM PDT by Kaslin

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1 posted on 04/19/2011 7:16:25 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

And Odummycare now disallows FSA purchases of OTC drugs.


2 posted on 04/19/2011 7:17:58 AM PDT by WOBBLY BOB ( "I don't want the majority if we don't stand for something"- Jim Demint)
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To: Kaslin
Here in IL I literally have to show more ID to buy sudafed than I do to cast a ballot in an election.

That's f***** up.

3 posted on 04/19/2011 7:19:00 AM PDT by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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To: Kaslin

This is a sore spot with me. I’ve had to take a decongestant every day this week because of hay fever and the threat of sinus migraines. That stuff on the shelves is garbage, worth less than the package that holds it.

If our legislature attempts to push a requirement for a prescription, they are going to get a huge, noisy earful from me.


4 posted on 04/19/2011 7:26:42 AM PDT by Kieri (The Conservatrarian)
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To: Kaslin
While it wasn't a surprise to me, I noticed just this past winter while fighting a cold--it wasn't until I purchased the Mucinex-D--with pseudoephedrine, that I really enjoyed some relief from my congestive symptoms. The pseudoephedrine replacements don't work nearly as well.

Under Obamacare...if we can get prescriptions for future infections at all, we'll be taking the equivalent of penicillan and amoxicillan...the kinds of antibiotics one must take for 10 days' worth of treatment.

5 posted on 04/19/2011 7:27:39 AM PDT by Lou L (The Senate without a fillibuster is just a 100-member version of the House.)
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To: WOBBLY BOB

At least most people are able to buy cold medicine when they show a photo ID. Here in Oregon we have to get a doctor’s prescription for “the good stuff” (that other stuff doesn’t work nearly as well). I get several colds a year and I can’t afford to go to the doctor every time I get the sniffles. What’s sad is that I’ve resorted to begging family members to swing by Wal-Mart and get me some Sudafed whenever they are out of state. It’s an unnecessary, draconian law.


6 posted on 04/19/2011 7:32:52 AM PDT by Trick or Treat (Palin/Bachmann 2012!)
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To: Kaslin
I have five people in my family and before the law was enacted we bought the generic Sudafed in 500 count bottles for around $3 or $4. We now have to buy the stupid small packages, at a much higher cost, and I always wonder if we may have hit a limit that will end up with a couple of armed Government thugs ringing our doorbell and try to make us explain why five people have colds.

This crap MUST stop. The Government did this to control us, not to make us any safer.

7 posted on 04/19/2011 7:36:56 AM PDT by OldMissileer (Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
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To: Lou L

My last cold was pretty nasty and my mom told me to try Mucinex. When I went to the store to get it, I could only find the stuff for coughs. I tried looking for the kind for cold/sinus and couldn’t find it anywhere. It wasn’t until later that I found out it had pseudoephedrine in it. It is so frustrating that Oregon prevents me from buying OTC medicines that will help me feel better.


8 posted on 04/19/2011 7:37:30 AM PDT by Trick or Treat (Palin/Bachmann 2012!)
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To: Kaslin
You know the war on drugs has gone too far...

Stange place to draw the line. I would have thought the no-knock SWAT raids on the wrong address where civilians are killed by cops would have been it. But I can see where someone with the sniffles would be the tipping point.

9 posted on 04/19/2011 7:41:33 AM PDT by Wolfie
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Immagine that.You have to provide more I.D. To buy anti-contestant mere than Obama had to show to become President of the United States.Amazing.


10 posted on 04/19/2011 7:42:00 AM PDT by puppypusher (The World is going to the dogs.)
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To: OldMissileer
This crap MUST stop. The Government did this to control us, not to make us any safer.

Unfortunately, there are many cheerleaders on this site for that kind of gov't abuse of its citizens, all in the name of the utopian dream of a 'Drug-Free America'.

Drug War cheerleaders are no different than leftists.

11 posted on 04/19/2011 7:42:09 AM PDT by bassmaner (Hey commies: I am a white male, and I am guilty of NOTHING! Sell your 'white guilt' elsewhere.)
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To: puppypusher

Immagine that.You have to provide more I.D. To buy anti-contestant mere than Obama had to show to become President of the United States.Amazing.

Contestant should have been spelled as Congestant.


12 posted on 04/19/2011 7:43:42 AM PDT by puppypusher (The World is going to the dogs.)
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To: Kieri

My 17 year old son had to buy fluids for his car. i.e. dry gas to mitigate water in the gas tank. Florida nanny laws disallow minors from buying dry gas cause it could be abused. He is trusted to drive a deadly weapon but can’t service it.

THANK YOU NANNY STATE IDIOTS.


13 posted on 04/19/2011 7:45:27 AM PDT by George from New England (Escaped CT in 2006, now living north of Tampa)
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To: Trick or Treat

Mucinex has the same effect as drinking lots of water


14 posted on 04/19/2011 7:47:19 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: Kieri
Sudafed has always had a warning to beware of prostate gland swelling.

There are many other over the counter notions and nostrums for men to use.

15 posted on 04/19/2011 7:48:41 AM PDT by muawiyah
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To: Kaslin
"Companies sell cold medications in Europe without pseudoephedrine, and the same could be true here."

isnt that special...i get p!ssed off everytime i have to show ID for OTC med that actually works...9/10 the person on the other side of the counter is too busy lookin me up and down to even be polite about the inconvenience either...

90 yrs later, prohibition is still an epic FAIL...

16 posted on 04/19/2011 7:55:49 AM PDT by Gilbo_3 (Gov is not reason; not eloquent; its force.Like fire,a dangerous servant & master. George Washington)
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To: George from New England
speaking of auto chemicals...how many small time meth cookers would begin substituting stuff like battery acid or brake cleaner into their 'recipes' in the absence of sudafed ???

proff that gubmint has no clue about economics, or are simply flexing muscle on the peons...

17 posted on 04/19/2011 8:01:41 AM PDT by Gilbo_3 (Gov is not reason; not eloquent; its force.Like fire,a dangerous servant & master. George Washington)
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To: bassmaner
Drug War cheerleaders are no different than leftists.

I prefer the term 'Drug War whores', but that's just me.

18 posted on 04/19/2011 8:17:49 AM PDT by Ken H
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To: Trick or Treat

A couple of years ago my entire family of four got hit with a pretty nasty virus. I went in to buy Nyquil, dayquil (for my husband at work), children’s cough and cold (for my daughter), sugar-free children’s cold/sinus (my son’s a diabetic)and Theraflu for myself to get through the day. We had four members with different needs and even different needs throughout the day. The virus was primarily expressing itself in my daughter’s lungs and in my poor son’s nose and throat.

I got “red flagged” at the checkout and had to sit down with the manager and justify each and every one of those medicines.

What made me the maddest was that I was trying to buy medicines that addressed my kids’ individual needs so they wouldn’t be getting anything that they didn’t need. I was trying NOT to over-medicate them.

And NOTHING was from behind the pharmacist counter.

I wanted to cough on him AND the checkout girl.


19 posted on 04/19/2011 8:46:22 AM PDT by Marie (Obama seems to think that Jerusalem has been the capital of Israel since Camp David, not King David)
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To: George from New England

Off-topic: You’re saying that you have to be over 21 to buy methyl hydrate (the active, POISONOUS ingredient of ‘drygas’) in Fla? Any hardware store has the stuff, and anyone drinking it will be blind in minutes, and dead within hours.


20 posted on 04/19/2011 8:46:43 AM PDT by Don W (You can forget what you do for a living when your knees are in the breeze.)
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