Doctor? Or Druggist?

October 30, 2007

When Anne Johnson recently visited the Nighttime Pediatrics and Adult Care Too! clinic near her home in Millersville with a case of hives, the doctor told her she needed steroids and several days’ worth of antihistamines. But he didn’t hand her a prescription. Instead, Johnson, 46, got a dose of each drug on the spot, and the chance to buy the rest on her way out the clinic door. Given the late hour — 11 p.m. — Johnson gladly accepted. (Washington Post)