Legal needle buying in St. Louis.
cross_sectional · Level IV
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 1546784.
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Abstract
This study sought to determine if and why barriers to the over-the-counter purchase of syringes in the St. Louis metropolitan area might exist, given that no ordinance prohibits such a sale there. Two male research assistants (one African American, one White) approached 33 of the area's pharmacies to buy syringes. In 14 of those pharmacies, either the purchase was refused or the minimum number of syringes that could be bought was so large (at least 100) that the sale was not practical. Racial bias in rates of refusal and implications for prohibiting or restricting legal availability of syringes are discussed.
Medical subject headings
- Needles
- Pharmacies
- Pharmacists
- Syringes