[raverbashing]

Read the article, it will have a questionnaire to determine if people should be given the drug

I think allowing diabetics access to life saving medication is preferable, even if there's some moron that's going to kill himself by injecting something he has no idea about (and they do that already)

The proposal wouldn't allow the sale of controlled medication like antidepressants

The rest just sounds like undue gatekeeping

[Engineering-MD]

I did read the article. In future, please refrain from insinuating someone has not read the article, it is against the guidelines for comments:

>Please don't insinuate that someone hasn't read an article. "Did you even read the article? It mentions that" can be shortened to "The article mentions that."

In particular, I was replying to Lanthanide’s comment on the system in Saudi Arabia.

I agree with IanCal, giving insulin to someone not already prescribed it is hard to justify. The risk of harm is much greater than the possible benefit, especially when they could just go see a doctor (routinely or as an emergency). I am from the UK so perhaps I live in what you would consider a nanny state, as guns are not freely available. As a point of information, in the UK antidepressants are not controlled more than any other prescription drug, I don’t know how that differs in the USA

[IanCal]

> I think allowing diabetics access to life saving medication is preferable,

I don't think anyone is arguing for diabetics to not have access.

My problem here is how someone knows they are diabetic.

But I saw little in the article actually describe what the process would be for deciding what can be sold like this, I know diabetes is not mentioned.

[raverbashing]

> My problem here is how someone knows they are diabetic.

Again, I don't really see why this would be the problem of the person selling it, unless you prefer living in a nanny state.

There are a multitude of OTC and other readily sellable stuff that if misused can cause death. Complaining about selling insulin freely and the dangers of it in a place where guns are sold like candy is a farce.

Make them sign a waiver and be done with it.