Beyond time. I find it pathetic that living in the "land of the free, home of the brave" I need to travel out of the country to be able to pick up basic medica

Beyond time. I find it pathetic that living in the "land of the free, home of the brave" I need to travel out of the country to be able to pick up basic medications without a permission slip from the authorities. I utterly refuse to pay $100+ so I can get a signed hall slip from a doctor to get what I knew I already needed. This perhaps will save me some travel costs every few years when I go to restock the personal pharmacy.