# OTC Cough Syrup and laws **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 31, 2014, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/otc-cough-syrup-and-laws/703100 "2014-10-31T06:31:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CuriousCat\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@CuriousCat\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CuriousCat_1)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/otc-cough-syrup-and-laws/703100/1 "2014-10-31T06:31:34Z")
So, im new here and I was wondering, do I need ID in the state of Georgia to buy cough syrup or other DXM containing OTC products? ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/otc-cough-syrup-and-laws/703100/2 "2014-10-31T06:37:45Z")
I’m not you, I don’t have a cough, nor do I live in Georgia, but I would have thought it would have been a LOT easier to google the propriety name of the stuff you want to swallow along with the relevant laws for your geography. But that’s just me… ---
**Author:** ![CuriousCat\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@CuriousCat\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CuriousCat_1)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/otc-cough-syrup-and-laws/703100/3 "2014-10-31T06:41:31Z")
This isnt a drug forum is it? ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/otc-cough-syrup-and-laws/703100/4 "2014-10-31T06:43:12Z")
> [@CuriousCat\_1](#): > > This isnt a drug forum is it? It is full of dopers! EDIT:To answer your question no Dextromethorphan DXM is not scheduled in Georgia or anywhere in the USA, pretty sure asking for ID is store policy not a real law. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/otc-cough-syrup-and-laws/703100/5 "2014-10-31T06:45:23Z")
> [@CuriousCat\_1](#): > > This isnt a drug forum is it? Oh you poor bastard! Bwahahahahaha. No, it’s not! Sorry man, you should have taken a right at Albequeque. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![CuriousCat\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@CuriousCat\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CuriousCat_1)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/otc-cough-syrup-and-laws/703100/6 "2014-10-31T06:52:55Z")
> [@grude](#): > > It is full of dopers! > > EDIT:To answer your question no Dextromethorphan DXM is not scheduled in Georgia or anywhere in the USA, pretty sure asking for ID is store policy not a real law. Thank you, and I am out of here. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/otc-cough-syrup-and-laws/703100/7 "2014-10-31T07:56:42Z")
> [@CuriousCat\_1](#): > > Thank you, and I am out of here. Goddammit! **grude** , put your dick away man, it scares the newbies off! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/otc-cough-syrup-and-laws/703100/8 "2014-10-31T12:20:22Z")
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