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Over-the-counter drugs (OTC) or other medical remedies may be sold without a prescription and without a visit to a medical professional. One of the oldest OTC drugs is aspirin. Sometimes some OTC drugs are further restricted to require prescriptions. Cocaine and various opiates, for instance, were once sold freely OTC, but now are highly restricted. On the other hand, diphenhydramine hydrochloride (Benadryl, for instance) once required a prescription, but now is available OTC.
Other over-the-counter drugs are sold, but not marketed as drugs. Morning glory seeds are sold for their gardening purposes, but can be used recreationally as a hallucinogenic drug due to the LSA it contains. Nutmeg has also been used to some extent as a hallucinogenic drug, but is considered undesirable to most recreational drug users.
Over-the-counter chemicals may be sold without much suspicion. Many chemicals are becoming harder to get due to undergroundUnderground as an adjective commonly refers to something that is either below the ground or outside of public consciousness. As a proper noun, the Underground may refer to a subculture, or the Metro ( mass transit system). The Underground can refer to: Or drug and explosives laboratories. UndergroundOrganized crime is crime carried out systematically by formal criminal organizations. The Organized Crime Control Act ( US 1970) defines organized crime as: "The unlawful activities of. a highly organized, disciplined association. Some Criminal Organizati chemistA chemist is a scientist who specializes in chemistry. The word derives from the older term alchemist. Also, in British English, the term is used for a pharmacist or a pharmacist's shop. See also: List of chemists, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Biography.s have become exceedingly efficient in extracting essential chemicals from very ordinary items, and using very ordinary items to yield illicit chemicals: