My current understanding in regards to my previous adventure buying Advil Cold & Sinus is that there is a state law on the books here in Georgia that says you can't buy pseudoephedrine products without producing ID…

…from a drugstore.

Now, this would make sense, as I have since bought Advil Cold & Sinus from both a Kroger and a Publix and they didn't bat an eye.

So let's think about this for a second. If this is accurate–and I honestly haven't had time to check it out, but it certainly sounds plausible enough, this is government we're talking about here–then my assumption is that the law passed because our state government is so out of touch with reality they think that drugs are only available for sale from drug-stores. I honestly don't think any of my state reps have been inside a Kroger in recent memory.

So forget all I said about fake IDs and whatnot, if we assume that the baddies are buying this stuff in bulk, they just need to hit grocery stores and they're golden. And I'll only shop at CVS when absolutely necessary from now on.

So, again, barring this being bullshit, it's even more of a random bag search than I feared. If ever get five minutes free to play investigative reporter, I'll let you know for certain.