I got a call from the on-campus Pharmacy at Brown University today, requesting refills on my patient’s birth control pills. Turns out Brown University is one of only 2 campuses in their state who have an on-campus pharmacy, which is affiliated with the campus Health Service. I’m sure that a lot of their business is antibiotics and other medications needed by the students there. But I’ll bet they fill a lot of birth control prescriptions. And I think that’s just great.
Anything we can do that removes a barrier between young people and contraception gets snaps from me. Most college health services require you to leave campus and go to a local pharmacy to fill your presriptions. Here in the big city, that’s not too much of a problem. But put a college in the middle of nowhere, and for students without a car, that’s a significant disadvantage. Some schools get around it by giving out pills for free through subsidy programs, which is even better. But if you can’t do that, an on-campus pharmacy is the next best thing, as far as I’m concerned.
And though I focus on the contraceptive issue (after all, it’s what I do), it’s even more impressive that kids with conditions like asthma and diabetes can get their meds right on campus.
What are snaps? Well, if Legally Blonde 2 was showing at your house two times this weekend (once with your younger daughter and her sleepover friend, and the next day when your older daughter insisted on seeing it before it went back to the video store), you would know…
