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> I don't see Walgreens or CVS to be any more competent than Amazon. The places with people behind the counter holding Pharmacist degrees? You trust LAZR shipp
by thesmallestcat 9y ago
> I don't see Walgreens or CVS to be any more competent than Amazon.
The places with people behind the counter holding Pharmacist degrees? You trust LAZR shipping and the rest of the supply chain as much as them? Wow.
Also, selfishly, I don't want Amazon delivering meds because package theft will go through the roof when there's a chance of scoring an Amazon box with drugs.
- jstarfish 9y agoNot that I disagree with your statement on reliability, but the DEA is not going to let drugs worth stealing sit on doorsteps. At worst you'll lose a box of antibiotics.
- thesmallestcat 9y agoI wasn't aware that there were classes of drugs that could not be mailed. Researching this now, all I can find is that the mailer and recipient have to be authorized, but nothing about restrictions on painkillers, amphetamines, cough syrup, etc.
- jstarfish 9y agoIt's weird. I generally have to show ID when picking up from a pharmacy, and while I'm also unaware of any laws on the books prohibiting transmission of controlled substances through the mail, SWIM has had packages containing exactly that confiscated by the postmaster.
- wutbrodo 9y ago> SWIM has had packages containing exactly that confiscated by the postmaster. Wow, I didn't expect to bump into the notorious SWIM on an HN thread.