NYC Duane Reades push morning-after pill at checkout but lock up socks and chocolateBy Deirdre Bardolf
July 8, 2023
Nearly everything is kept under lock and key at some Big Apple drug stores — except the morning-after pill, which shoppers can pick up in bins by the checkout line alongside gum and hand sanitizer.
Pet food, socks, beauty products, chocolate and most everything else at the Duane Reade near Water and Wall streets in the Financial District are bolted behind plastic security cases, but $39.99 packages of the emergency contraceptive Take Action, which is intended to prevent pregnancy up to 72 hours after unprotected sex, is featured front and center.
The same was the case at a Duane Reade on John Street and another at the corner of Water and Fulton streets.
“That should be locked up behind the counter,” said stunned shopper Alex Nantes, 50, a native of Jackson Heights, Queens. “The priorities are backwards.”
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/07/08/stores-push-40-morning-after-pill-but-lock-up-candy-socks/
