One big difference between a Canadian pharmacy and an American pharmacy is that one very popular pain reliever that is available in the States never made it across the border. That drug is Vicodin, a combination of hydrocodone and Tylenol. It has been known to become addictive, and many cross the border in hopes of finding it in Canada.
Unfortunately, no matter how many people ask at every pharmacy counter, Vicodin still does not exist in Canada. It may never exist in Canada. Even if it did exist in Canada, it would require a prescription.
Of course, this never stops people from trying, perhaps in the event that this medication has finally crossed the border and is waiting patiently for someone who does not have a prescription to ask for it.
The person who asks for Vicodin, only for me to tell them that their request is impossible, sometimes change tactics and then state something along the lines of, "Well, I bought it in Canada last time. From your pharmacy."
This tactic, while completely lacking in sense, is likely used in the event that it will prompt me to pull out the stash that we secretly keep in the back, just for people who ask us about it.
Instead, this tactic is usually met with the response, "Yeah, that didn't happen."
"Well, where can I buy it then?" Some are a little slower on the uptake and figure that just because one particular pharmacy does not have the product, then surely another one will.
"In the United States."
At this point they trend to either slink out with a dejected look our get huffy. Sometimes, they will ask a second time if there is anywhere local that sells Vicodin, because they did buy it in Canada the last time they were here, which was last summer.
As I told one particular client, who was getting rather aggressive about our lack of Vicodin, or perhaps our unwillingness to sell it to him, if you happened to have purchased it in the back alley from a guy wearing a trench coat, it really isn't my problem.
That usually ends the barrage of Vicodin-related questions.
Unfortunately, no matter how many people ask at every pharmacy counter, Vicodin still does not exist in Canada. It may never exist in Canada. Even if it did exist in Canada, it would require a prescription.
Of course, this never stops people from trying, perhaps in the event that this medication has finally crossed the border and is waiting patiently for someone who does not have a prescription to ask for it.
The person who asks for Vicodin, only for me to tell them that their request is impossible, sometimes change tactics and then state something along the lines of, "Well, I bought it in Canada last time. From your pharmacy."
This tactic, while completely lacking in sense, is likely used in the event that it will prompt me to pull out the stash that we secretly keep in the back, just for people who ask us about it.
Instead, this tactic is usually met with the response, "Yeah, that didn't happen."
"Well, where can I buy it then?" Some are a little slower on the uptake and figure that just because one particular pharmacy does not have the product, then surely another one will.
"In the United States."
At this point they trend to either slink out with a dejected look our get huffy. Sometimes, they will ask a second time if there is anywhere local that sells Vicodin, because they did buy it in Canada the last time they were here, which was last summer.
As I told one particular client, who was getting rather aggressive about our lack of Vicodin, or perhaps our unwillingness to sell it to him, if you happened to have purchased it in the back alley from a guy wearing a trench coat, it really isn't my problem.
That usually ends the barrage of Vicodin-related questions.
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