A university in Pennsylvania is stirring up some controversy by being the first to sell the morning after pill in campus vending machines. In this Bobcat Update, Tatiana Salazar tells us how likely this could happen here at Texas State.
Anyone who lives on campus can tell you that condoms are readily available in their dorms' vending machines. But Shippensburg University just added one new item to their machines - the morning after pill. However, selling this pill in a vending machine, as opposed to a pharmacy, could lead to health risks.
Dr. Emilio Carranco recommends students to talk to a pharmacist before taking any type of drug.
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Some students, though, don't think offering the pill in vending machines is such a bad idea.
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Dr. Carranco says he doesn't see this happening here anytime soon.
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(Standup: The morning after pill is available at all pharmacies and the Health Center without a prescription as long as you are seventeen or older. But its not meant to be used as a regular means of contraception. For Bobcat Update, I'm Tatiana Salazar.)
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