Selling Prescriptions

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You (maybe use “one” ) might be very ill one day, so you might go to the doctor's’ office to get a check up. During your medical visit, he or she hands you a piece of paper. The paper consists of the medication that you need to use in order to feel better. You then drive to your nearest pharmacy to redeem the prescription signed by the doctor. But the pharmacist refused to fill your prescription up. They might’ve said they didn’t want to due to religious and ethic matter. The next thought they might pop up is, “Isn’t this illegal?” you can't use you omlll what
Surprisingly, this practice of not filling prescription is actually both illegal and legal. There’s a big controversy surrounding this matter. Many pharmacists and politicians argue over the matter if it’s legal or illegal. One of the main reasons, most pharmacists don’t fill their prescription is because of religions and ethics that doesn’t allow prescriptions. Like one of the cases about this was in Texas, a Texan pharmacists refused to fill up a prescription for a morning-after pill due to his religion.
I personally think (that is an opinion and idk if you can do that) you should get the prescription filled no matter what. Like what if they gave you
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Some medications might be discontinued. But in the documents “(a) A pharmacist or device and medical equipment dispenser shall have a right to refuse to fill or refill a prescription order if doing so would be contrary to his or her professional judgment.”(SECTION .1800 - PRESCRIPTIONS). Legally, the pharmacists has the rights to denied the refill of anyone’s prescription due on their professional judgment not being based on their biased opinions. A lady who went to her CVS pharmacy wanted a prescription for her mental illness, but was rejected. But she had saw other people who needed the same exact medication get their doses. This was an act of discrimination towards the disabled

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