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by jibal 26 days ago
> The article mentions this but just accepts the inaccessiblity of the real thing as a given.

Reality is in fact a given. If you mean that the author is just fine with that reality, that's patently false.

> presumably because they can make more money from morons buying the placebos.

If that's your evaluation of everyone who lacks perfect information then you need to look in the mirror.

> You used to be able to get Sudafed; it worked. It was moved behind the counter for $REASONS. You've got enough to guess that the new stuff is some kind of inferior substitute and that you're only going to be able to get the real thing during pharmacy hours.

Grossly intellectually dishonest and downright unintelligent nonsense. Here's a fact that is inconvenient for this moronic argument: acetaminephen is readily available on the aisle. Things not being locked away does not imply that they have no effect. The more complex reality is actually discussed in TFA.

> Yeah, the acetaminophen was there to PREVENT abuse of the Vics and Percs 'cause you'd overdose on the acetaminophen first. Sure, there was an easy workaround, but that was it's intent.

The misspelling of "its" is the least egregious part of this nonsense.