I was 17 for my first few months of college and got horribly sick and congested. The school pharmacy wouldn't sell me the real Sudafed because of my age... not sure if that was part of the nationwide Patriot Act restrictions on Sudafed or a specific state law. I thought about getting someone of age to buy it for me but I was too much of a goody two shoes to go through with it.

I ended up going to the doctor and getting sent home with a bottle of opioid cough syrup. Fortunately didn't end up addicted or anything, but it was very frustrating at the time.