A man in front of me was attempting to buy sudafed. He had to show his drivers license. His license was "dog-eared." The lady told him that since his license was not pristine, she could not sell it to him. It could have been altered. He was very calm about it all. Kind of like he was used to this. He may have wanted to buy it for meth, IDK. If That happened to me, I would have at least asked to speak to the pharmacist. Maybe he was embarrassed and didn't want to be thought of as displaying "drug seeking behavior."
I know that this pharmacy has, on several occasions, refused to refill my prescription, saying that it was a day early. I had the dated bottle at home and knew this was not the case. The medication was for pain, I have chronic back problems that I refuse surgery for (another story). I used to date a pharmacist. Any questioning of their accuracy is usually attributed to "drug seeking behavior." Such perceived behavior is noted and often reported to your Dr. I would rather suffer one day, than potentially be labeled an addict and probably taken off my meds. IMO, this is just another control mechanism (threat) to keep us in line.
Tennessee just passed another law about pain meds. In order to get some pain relief, a person is scrutinized and tested and made to feel like an addict. I have refused stronger meds (before all of these new laws) because I want to be clear-headed. I would prefer to suffer some pain than be a zombie. I have stopped the pain meds before and was barely ambulatory.
My point..we are far from being a free society. Todays Amerika is what I was taught the USSR was like when I was young...
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