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minus-squareFlying Squidlinkfedilink1•7 hours agoSo… available by a prescription except the pharmacist prescribes instead of the doctor?
minus-square@Dasus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink4•edit-27 hours agoWell not exactly. With a prescription system, the default is that you don’t have a prescription, and get one if there’s a reason. With this system, the default is (people of age and other possible requirements) have a licence, and it gets taken a way if there’s a reason. Like the difference between OR and XOR. Similar, yes, but still different and for different purposes.
So… available by a prescription except the pharmacist prescribes instead of the doctor?
Well not exactly.
With a prescription system, the default is that you don’t have a prescription, and get one if there’s a reason.
With this system, the default is (people of age and other possible requirements) have a licence, and it gets taken a way if there’s a reason.
Like the difference between OR and XOR. Similar, yes, but still different and for different purposes.
The more apt analogy would be OR vs NOR.