Should we be able to just buy prescriptions over the counter instead of having to go to a Doctor?

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Mr Khan said:

BaldrSkies said:
It's controlled because somebody will sue when out of their own stupidity they take something they decided on without consulting a doctor. Heck they'd sue even if they took it for recreation. Someone is injured or dies, somebody gets sued.

Not sure that could happen. Can people who deliberately or inadvertantly abuse drugs sue for damages? I thought it could only happen if you took it as directed and got negative side-effects.

They can sue. They just won't win.*

 

*Unless the directions were unclear or ambiguous, such that a reasonable person in the plaintiff's position would have done what the plaintiff did.