KoolBak wrote:Whoops...only 5? Isn't that 7 in Canadian questions?
I thot you fellas could walk into any store and get codeine like skittles? Them there 222's?
You can get T1s or 222s, in any pharmacy. They're not free, which I think was the word in your post that 2dimes was objecting to.
Yes, they're available without a prescription, but they're not on the shelf. You have to ask the pharmacist, and if he suspects you're just trying to get high he has to ask some questions, and can refuse to sell you the T1s.
T1s are limited to 8 mg of codeine. Anything stronger that that requires a prescription. It is possible to get high on T1s, but you need a lot of them. I had a junkie working for me once, he basically went through an entire bottle of T1s between breakfast and lunch. To get high without eating a bottle at a time you need T3s (or 292s) which are prescription only. Those have 30 mg of codeine.
T1s, T2s, T3s, etc. have the same amount of codeine as 222s, 282s, 292s, etc. The difference is that T-series (the T stands for Tylenol, and is commonly used even when generic pills are substituted) uses acetominophen as the base drug, while the 2x2 series uses aspirin as the base drug.
Prescription or not, they're not free. Plans vary by province, but generally speaking most Canadians have to pay for prescriptions. Free health care only refers to the doctors and nurses. Drugs and medical devices generally require payment, at least partial. Of course there are a wide variety of subsidies, for the elderly, for the unemployed, for the chronically-ill, etc., but this is true in the U.S. also.