Plan B Is Not Tobbacco
I’ve heard some folks claim that since society doesn’t seem to be able to keep cigarettes out of the hands of young people that the same thing will happen with Plan B. I would like to point out that while we know Plan B is safe and effective when used as directed, cigarettes most certainly are NOT safe but they are effective at causing lung cancer. Comparing cigarettes to Plan B is comparing apples with oranges.
Another argument is that women may not take it as directed, that is they may choose to take the pill regularly (whatever that means). Again, any OTC medicine can be misused. Is that the fault of the manufacturer? Is that any reason not to make available a safe and effective medicine? Something having a possibility (chance greater than zero; no matter how small) does not translate into a probability.
Don’t get me started on the rights of the pharmacists. I think that a pharmacists should have the right, if they have religious beliefs against it, to not sell Plan B. However, if the company that employes this pharmacist elects to carry Plan B, then they should always have a pharmacist on staff at all hours to allow the sale to occur. I also think that some pharmacists with strong conservative beliefs cross the line from being a pharmacists to giving medical advice in some situations and no one seems to be interested in that potential problem.
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