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If the reasoning was to prevent theft, why can I only buy one box at a time, and why does my license get scanned, preventing me from buying twice in the same week (or whatever) from different stores?

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I was between 18-25 years of age and the Idaho pharmacist wouldn't sell to me with an out of state ID. Luckily my dad was perusing the magazines and they let an Idaho adult buy me my medicine.

I just wanted a single box of Mucinex with pseudoephedrine for my cold.

Not to mention every time they scan your license it goes on a list. XKCD made light of this very fact.

https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/cold_medicine.png

Always post xkcd with the full link so that people can see the alt-text.

Posting mobile version because mobile people dont't have alt-text on hover: https://m.xkcd.com/1618/

https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/duty_calls.png

Always post xkcd with the full link so that people can see the alt-text.

Posting mobile version because mobile people don't have alt-text on hover: https://m.xkcd.com/386/

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