
“The Association of Pharmacies (+52 (664) 685-0170) in Tijuana can be of help to those wanting to check whether pharmacies are legitimate, although there is not always a qualified or English speaking person available to take the call.” www.medtogo.com
Tourism can take some strange turns. Every year an estimated 40 million people cross over into Tijuana to buy drugs: the pharmacy kind. That’s right. Forty million people—as in the population of a good-size country such as Spain—all running amok across the border and then diligently forming straight lines at Mexican pharmacy counters to buy up antibiotics, Viagra, antacids, Retin-A, Renova, OxyContin, Vicodin, Valium, Percodan, codeine, birth-control pills, fertility drugs, drugs for ulcers, drugs for cancer, drugs for kicks, drugs for high blood pressure, drugs for low blood pressure, drugs for things to go up, down, or maybe round and round: You name it (or point at it if you flunked Spanish in high school), you got it, with a 20 to 60 percent discount. And you thought people only liked Tijuana because of its cheap tequila and zebradonkeys. C’mon.
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