Ridiculous

[Teqila]

Originally Posted by discombobulate

It is a discussion of over the counter meds, and you can recieve medicine with Codeine in it without a prescription. There are just certain stipulations, and I'm sure state laws vary as well.

Also I'd think Codeine is used more for cough and diarrhea than pain, considering it's far more regulated when it's for pain.

Federally, all codeine containing drugs with more than 90mg are schedule 2.

Only products containing less than 90 mg of codeine can be schedule 3. Even schedule 3 is prescription only.

I have searched pharmacy chains such as Walgreens for anything containing codeine or other opiates or opioids and have found none. (I am not an addict or user of any less-legal drug, by the way.) I doubt you're going to find it anywhere in the US without a prescription legally. I have not even heard of a codeine containing medicine used for diarrhea or cough in the US. Codeine is a depressant pain reliever , it is not indicated to suppress cough from my sources.

The substance that makes cough medicines somewhat psychoactive is dextromethorpan, a dissasociative drug. There was some controversy about DXM a while ago. Some cold medicines contian pseudophedrine, a drug commonly involved in the sythesis of methamphetamine. PSE can be used as a mild stimulant. Some laws were passed to restrict the amount of PSE that can be purchased in a given time period. Now most nasal and sinus medicines use less effective -edrines or -ephrines.

The amount of alcohol in cough medicines is insignificant.

Too many of these misconceptions comes from people readily believing what they are told.

[Godmoney]

I have no problem with the restrictions on cold medicine. There as a kid I used to go to school with a few years back that took a sheet of nyQuil tablets and almost died because of it. When he came back to school, he was describing the "high". He was laughing saying, "Everything was in slow motion, and I thought I was dieing!"

I really don't think that sounds like too much fun. I'm all for having some fun, but that is just retarded. What ever happened to doing normal recreational drugs?

[wammy_bar]

I have a serious problem with the whole "gangsta" attitude that seems to be the new trend at local schools. Not surprisingly, most of these people are black. Because I am white, I have to put in a sentence here that says I am in no way against black people as a race. In fact, every black person I have ever met who was over the age of 35 was a decent, smart, simply enjoyable person who I could respect and have an intelligent conversation with. It seems that all the black people who were actually subject to REAL discrimination and racism in decades past are well rounded, hard working individuals with good morals who act and speak as responsible people should. Then there are the youngsters. Again because I am white I have to put in a another sentence here that says I am in no way saying that ALL young black kids are stupid and annoying. I am simply saying that a large percentage of the ones I have met are. They talk in pure ebonics mixed with poor grammar (sometimes on purpose because they think it sounds cool) even in the most serious of situations where it is completely inappropriate. They think it is so cool to be violent and sometimes even inspire fear in white people. I cannot say that all black people fall into these categories, or that even a majority of them do. I am just saying that every time I see a black kid in my town, they are just as I have described.

I hope none of this came off as racist or unfair in any way, it was not intended to be. It just pisses me off to no end.