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PizzaPet t1_itq8kxb wrote

I think the US should adopt the system they have in the Netherlands. The system works so that you MUST find a Dutch citizen to fill a job before you consider foreign applicants. Foreigners can only get a job if there is absolutely no Dutch person who is capable and willing for that job, and you need a job before you move to country, unless you're rolling in money that will help the economy. Bring value to the country or stay out.

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A_Boojum_Snark t1_itpylnb wrote

It is, but there are two versions of Sudafed. Pseudoephedrine became regulated after the increase in it's usage for meth production. You can freely purchase it (as "Sudafed" and generic) but it is sold directly from behind the pharmacy counter and they scan your driver's license barcode to track how many milligrams you're purchasing regardless of where you buy it.

The variant on the shelf is labeled as "Sudafed PE" for the PhenylEphrine formulation (kinda dumb since the other drug can also be abbreviated PE, maybe that was on purpose). I'm assuming they brought this to market because they didn't want to lose brand presence by not having a product on the shelf most (uninformed) consumers would be looking at.

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NerdsRopeMaster t1_itnosk2 wrote

There's a weird drug store chain in Ohio called Drug Mart, and they only seem to exist up around Lake Erie, and I always loved going there whenever we'd travel to see my grandma growing up because they had the most random stuff imaginable all over the store. Nothing was really successfully sorted by aisle, and there was always something crazy that didn't belong with the rest of the aisle.

I went back a few years ago before heading back to grad school and it was still the craziest stuff you've ever seen. They still had freaking VHS tapes you could rent, AND they had a display of hair dryers set up in the produce section next to all the heads of fresh lettuce.

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