What are the most annoying laws in Florida that are a result of the lowest common denominator?
Published By Thinking Boxx
Story by Mr. Dann Libra
Their pill problem is now your pill problem
In the early 2000s, I had a terrible back injury that lingered for months. I visited a pain clinic, in addition to physical therapy four days a week. I didn’t particularly enjoy taking the pain pills. They made me feel icky. But they were extremely helpful and I was grateful for the ease of getting the medicine.
Unfortunately, and as many know, this led to the Florida opioid crisis from 2007–2017. People drove in from other states, going from clinic to clinic, loading up their van with pills. Then they drove back to their home state to either sell the pills or go on week-long benders.
Today, you’ll find it much, much harder to get pain pills. If you go to a pain clinic, you’ll already feel like a suspect. God forbid if you lose your pills. Just plan on going a month without. It takes an act of congress to get them. New laws have pharmacists terrified of losing their licenses. If there is ever a shortage of medications, including non-pain pills, they can’t even tell you over the phone if they have them in stock. Per the rules, it is a robbery risk. You have to drive to five pharmacies and ask in person.
Even nonprescription drugs are problematic. For example, one of the best over-the-counter allergy medications, Drixoral, was pulled from shelves because people use it to distill methamphetamines.
I fear that even if we invented a pill to stop aging, someone would find a reason to crush it up and smoke it, causing them to age faster, rather than live forever.
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