During college I was broke (I was a student!) – but needed birth control pills. They weren’t covered my my student insurance and cost $30/month. I used to make an annual trip and get a years supply for myself.

Exact same pills – same manufacturers/pharmaceutical companies. Same packaging. The only difference is the instructions (that no one reads) were in Spanish.

A friend was skeptical – but I showed her a monthly pack I had from a US pharmacy – (which cost $30 back then) and a pack of the same prescription from a Tijuana pharmacy (which cost $5). They were IDENTICAL. She came with me on the next annual pilgrimage for inexpensive birth control. $300 savings a year is HUGE for a college student.

I guess, in hindsight, I was trafficking drugs across the border. Yikes.