> Up to the counter and ask...when the counter is open that is increasingly a problem as pharmacies close and hours are limited (the two nearest me close at 6pm, right at the end of working hours).
Probably covered by the FMLA or any boss who isn't an asshole, or since it's OTC, have someone grab it for you, or get it on your lunch, or task rabbit it.
> Show ID...that the pharmacist will accept (not all of us drive or have a driver license).
If you don't have an acceptable state ID the pharmacy not giving you cold meds is the least of your hurdles. Go get an ID, you need it for anything offical that requires proof of ID. This isn't the medication rate limits fault.
> Rate-limited...at a quantity too low for a household that has a sinus infection running around.
My state allows 9 grams every 30 days, which should be plenty. BUT, that rate limiting is not checked/enforced statewide, meaning you can go to one store and get some and down the road to the next store and get some, and so can the other adults in your household. The limits are plenty for intended use. Only people wanting meth manufacture amounts complain that 9 grams in 30 days per store is too low.
> So, no, it's not already easy. Canadians can go into a Costco and buy as much as they like and apparently it's not an entire nation of Walter Whites up there so what makes us so special?
It's pretty easy. When you have an ID like every adult should have, and a normal size household, stepping out at lunch or running to a late night rx place and asking for a box or two of sudafed is literally as easy as buying booze or smokes, show your id, pay the person, leave. And btw if you checkout bluelight or /r/meth, our neighbors up north are having a field day cooking meth a lot of which is coming across the border into the US. No criminal enterprise is going to have unrestricted access to the key ingredient for a super addictive drug and pass on utilizing it.