Ah, The Nanny State
Ashley came down with a horrible head cold today, so I headed out early to try and grab her some Sudafed. No, not Sudafed PE (which doesn’t work), Sudafed. Not only were all the pharmacies closed at 8am, no one at either Longs or Safeway apparently has the authority to allow you to purchase Sudafed, despite the fact that it’s a non-perscription drug. The reason? Federal legislation that requires you to show ID to purchase drugs containing pseudoephedrine, all in the name of reducing the illicit production of crystal meth.
Sigh, I am getting sick of the Nanny State.
And it gets better – I went to Long’s yesterday to pick up Ashley more DayQuil and got asked for ID! This, despite DayQuil’s major active ingredient being the replacement that Sudafed is using to replace pseudoephedrine. For God’s sake, it’s beginning to be illegal to have a cold. What’s next? Am I going to need to present ID to buy cheese in a can because kids have been known to get high off of the aerosol (i.e. whippets)?