Over The Counter Sudafed Sends Utah Woman To Jail In Mexico

[John Larsen]

was not aware Sudafed was illegal in MX



Sudafed pills land Utah woman in Mexican jail | KSL.com

 

[cvchief]

I knew it was. I had not previously heard anyone making a big deal about it....

 

[kombiguy]

The joys of traveling to a third-world country.

 

[John Larsen]

I have taken Sudafed with me to Cozumel every trip for the last 20 years but no more!

 

[iamrushman]

oh boy...that's a tough situation.

 

[Steve_C]

It is a shake down. Note the article pointed out that you could by it at the local pharmacia. My parents lived next to the Mexico border. Literally thousands of elderly people went across the border and got their medications with and without prescriptions.

 

[cvchief]

I am pretty sure they looked at our boxes in Cancun recently and didnt say a word.

 

[Dave Dillehay]

I am 100% sure this could not happen in Cozumel. I go back and forth every few weeks with all kinds of pills, and get checked a lot. There would be a revolution of the island's elites if this ever happened in Cozumel and the customs agent who did so would be summarily executed.


Dave Dillehay
Aldora Divers

 

[ggunn]

It is a shake down. Note the article pointed out that you could by it at the local pharmacia. My parents lived next to the Mexico border. Literally thousands of elderly people went across the border and got their medications with and without prescriptions.

I once asked for pseudoephedrine (Sudafed) at a Cozumel farmacia. It was not available.

But I agree; this was a shakedown. Pseudoephedrine is a precursor to methamphetamine, so it's being cracked down on most places, but a few tablets isn't enough to do anything with.

 

[Dave Dillehay]

Tylenol for sinus works just as well.

Dave Dillehay
Aldora Divers