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The government wants to kill asthmatics
jhunter46
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I've had asthma for roughly 15 years now, I always hoped I'd grow out of it, but I never did. I'm pretty fortunate that I'm able to keep it in check with a few doses of Advair each day and my Albuterol as needed.
It seemed bad enough that the government stepped in and forced drug companies to redesign our inhalers to use the HFA delivery system, removing the "ozone killing" CFCs. Most asthmatics I talked to agree, they simply are not as effective as the old inhalers.
Fast forward to today. The cold I've had for the last week has decided to move south into my chest for the winter. Bronchitis isn't the end of the world generally. Robitussin and the breathing machine do a pretty good job of relieving the congestion and allowing me to breathe (I really like to breathe you know). I hadn't used my machine in a while, and when I broke it out I realized I needed a new nebulizer and mouthpiece.
Nothing to fancy really. A quick trip over to Walgreen's, where they inform me that according to federal law you now have to have a prescription to buy one. A three dollar mouthpiece and rubber tube. One that has saved my life on several occasions. I completely understand though. When I was done restoring my ability to breathe, I was going to use it to make crystal meth while I video taped myself molesting children where upon I planned to distribute those tapes to terrorists.
Seriously guys. Seriously.
It seemed bad enough that the government stepped in and forced drug companies to redesign our inhalers to use the HFA delivery system, removing the "ozone killing" CFCs. Most asthmatics I talked to agree, they simply are not as effective as the old inhalers.
Fast forward to today. The cold I've had for the last week has decided to move south into my chest for the winter. Bronchitis isn't the end of the world generally. Robitussin and the breathing machine do a pretty good job of relieving the congestion and allowing me to breathe (I really like to breathe you know). I hadn't used my machine in a while, and when I broke it out I realized I needed a new nebulizer and mouthpiece.
Nothing to fancy really. A quick trip over to Walgreen's, where they inform me that according to federal law you now have to have a prescription to buy one. A three dollar mouthpiece and rubber tube. One that has saved my life on several occasions. I completely understand though. When I was done restoring my ability to breathe, I was going to use it to make crystal meth while I video taped myself molesting children where upon I planned to distribute those tapes to terrorists.
Seriously guys. Seriously.
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Probably one of the periodic updates used to shore up the War on Drugs. Gotta keep up with those crazy meth heads and their innovation.
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So could about a dozen other things I've got around my apartment, I'm guessing. The War on (Some) Drugs is really the most worthless thing the government is wasting time and tax dollars on.
If that's grounds for making something illegal we need to go ahead and make it a federal offense to sell anything in 2-litre bottles.
I once saw a guide on making a bong out of a motherfucking apple.
Or maybe it was just a simpler, more direct pipey thingy.
Point is, device to smoke marijuana, out of an apple.
You don't stop something when the people doing it can accomplish what they're doing with FRUIT. It doesn't work that way!
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
I smoke out of apple's all the time. They are porous so the smoke basically fills the apple as its being smoked. Then you can eat it and it tastes awesome.
edit: Seriously Macgyver smoking is easy. You could smoke weed out of the ground if you really wanted to.
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Apparently I have a knack for making myself misunderstood this afternoon. I was just commenting that it would be great for making a bong, not that it should be illegal.
Also, if I remember correctly from my high school days, a glass 26oz booze bottle opened with a dremel is far superior to a 2L pop bottle.
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So wait a couple days and spend a bunch of extra money for something that has no real reason to be illegal in the first place? In what way does that make any sense?
I guess if the alternative is dying, I'd say go for it.
I mean, I can't buy fucking Sudefed... why should he be able to buy a breathing aparatus?
I can buy Sudafed. The kind with pseudoephedrine, even. I don't want to because I like medicine that actually works, but I can. Why can't you?
You should at least be able to buy replacement tubing and mouthpieces for a breathing apparatus. (And, frankly, I wonder if you normally can and somebody at Walgreens was just being overly tight-assed about it.)
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
Because he gets the item he needs?
I didn't say it made sense. However, he needs the item, so take the necessary actions to get it.
That's covered under state law, not federal.
Some of the more liberal states have made needles available without a prescription to reduce HIV transmission among heroin addicts.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
edit: She just called her boss, and, if it's true, the pharmacy manager doesn't know about it. However, if you were trying to use insurance to pay, you do need a scrip for that. Also, she wants to apologize that you apparently ran into a misinformed pharmacy technician who denied you something you needed, and should have been able to obtain.
That's a good solution to this crisis.
I don't think this is an H/A thread though.
The actions aren't actually necessary, though. There's no coherent reason to require them. I'm sure he already figured out that he can go get a prescription if he needs something that the store demands a prescription to sell, I just assumed you were actually contributing to the discourse.
I can't really think of an intelligent reason for it to require a prescription.
It seems like it might be bad practice for a national chain to rely on the knowledge and memory of pharmacy technicians if they can avoid it.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
:^:
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
That's why it's called a war. The War on (Some) Drugs is called as such because they want to imply that they can actually win it as long legislation and money keeps getting funneled towards it. Same with the War on Terror.
And seriously, an apple?
The apple works really well actually.
You crazy kids.