# So, you're at the pharmacy and a young person asks you to buy something...

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 8, 2012, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-at-the-pharmacy-and-a-young-person-asks-you-to-buy-something/612155 "2012-02-08T03:30:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-at-the-pharmacy-and-a-young-person-asks-you-to-buy-something/612155/61 "2012-02-13T00:20:32Z")

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I don’t see any issues with the condoms but I’m not buying pharmaceuticals for other people since I’m not qualified to prescribe them. I might drive her to PP or something though.

> [@lisacurl](#):
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> If you’re mature enough to have sex, you should be mature enough to hold your head high and purchase contraception.

Yes, I’m sure your refusal will teach them an important lesson, they will forevermore abstain, and there’s no way they won’t just chance it.

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**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-at-the-pharmacy-and-a-young-person-asks-you-to-buy-something/612155/62 "2012-02-13T00:37:21Z")

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You just know that little shit is going to turn up on your doorstep that evening, to take your daughter out on a date!

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**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-at-the-pharmacy-and-a-young-person-asks-you-to-buy-something/612155/63 "2012-02-13T01:42:57Z")

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> [@VinylTurnip](#):
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> I take it the laws vary from place to place? I was just reading [this article](http://www.statesman.com/news/local/coach-facing-felony-for-giving-student-morning-after-2160722.html) today about a (female) high school coach who’s facing a felony charge of “delivery of a dangerous drug” for providing a morning-after pill to her 16-year-old student.
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> The article claims that a prescription is required for patients under 17— but it doesn’t specifically mention Plan B. Are there other forms of “morning after pill” with stricter control?

The federal requirement is 17 and up, to my knowledge there aren’t more strict states since regulation of OTC medications is a federal regulation. There is no regulation that says only a woman can purchase the pill, it can be sold to men, so presumably if it were a crime to purchase the pill and then provide the medication to a different person, it would require some sort of proof that the person purchasing it was taking it. I’m inclined to think that the person involved in your article is either in trouble because of the nature of the relationship between them, being student and coach at a school, or because the girl was 16.

ETA: In fact, yes, that is the reason:  
“The student did not have a prescription for the medication, which is required for girls younger than 17, the affidavit said.” So because it technically requires a prescription for 16 and under, they’re calling it a dangerous drug, not because there is any medical reason for the sales to be restricted to 17 and up.

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