Such is the current situation

[conuly]

that I'm sure meth dealers could make a huge profit by switching to the chemically similar adderall. Seriously, they'd be making money hand over fist, and no messy qualms of conscience. (I'd also consider paying for black market sudafed. That doesn't appear to have been hit by shortages, I just resent having to show an ID to get somebody to unlock the display for me.)

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Comments

[the_siobhan]

I read an article a bunch of years back about how access to allergy compounds was so restricted in the USA that people were just finding it easier to buy speed and back-synthesize it into the meds they needed.

Which is a dystopia I just never really pictured honestly, but I would love to incorporate it into some writing.

[mtbc]

Reminds me of a drug pricing story (possibly pre-ADA) that had US seniors buying heroin from dealers because it was more affordable than their prescribed opoids.

[lilysea]

Here in Australia we have people who are legally entitled to purchase marijuana for medical reasons (glaucoma, cancer, PTSD, chronic pain, anorexia etc) and have the paperwork from their doctors to prove it

buying it instead illegally from dealers

because medical marijuana is much, MUCH more expensive than buying from a dealer

an article had a quote from A FORMER SENIOR POLICE OFFICER who is buying illegal marijuana from dealers for his former-soldier son with PTSD

because altho he could buy medical marijuana legally, the price makes it out of reach

[conuly]

I can believe it.

[vvalkyri]

Oh right. I think I've run out of time tonight to call a bunch of pharmacies to find out who actually has what before I can have it prescribed.

[gatheringrivers]

You should know: The NYT has a login-wall, basically someone not logged in can only see the headline.

[conuly]

Yeah, I have bypass paywalls and no longer can keep track of that sort of thing in my mind.

[hudebnik]

Has anybody else noticed a shortage of whole wheat flour? I haven't seen it on the grocer's shelves in at least a month, and I think I've checked all three of my usual grocery stores.

[conuly]

I haven't, but then I rarely go to the store store nowadays. Grocery delivery may make weird substitutions from time to time, and occasionally I end up with 85% of the ingredients for a recipe and I would've bought none of them if I'd known that last 15% was out of stock - but at least I'm not inside the store.