Ah. How I love Phil Burress - he's my homestate hero. /sarcasm

Kroger, a grocery store here in Ohio, also has their condoms under lock and key. Which is one of the reasons I don't shop there. It makes no sense to me at all to make it so that you have to ring for assistance just to get condoms. It infuriates me as well thinking about young people who will be too embarrassed to ask for condoms and as a result likely end up having unsafe sex.

Aside from that - HELLO! Thes people for community values push the whole "no sex until marriage" thing. Except - married couples use condoms, too. And birth control. So it's not like this kind of restriction only targets young, unmarried couples.

yeah--that's the excuse in the article. i don't know if i buy that completely. but regardless, given how important safe sex is and the embarassing nature (for some) of buying condoms, you would think that they would take that into consideration.

We have a lot of Walgreens around here, and I've never seen them lock up condoms.

Smiths (aka Krogers) in New Mexico also locks their condoms.

It's definitely only certain CVS in DC. The one near my office you can grab your box of condoms and go, the one near my house in a less affluent area you have to ask. Same for pregnancy tests, OTC feminine drugs, etc.

Just another good reason to demand publicly funded healthcare.

Living with HIV/AIDS as at 2003.

US = 0.4%
AU = 0.07%
UK = 0.05%
CA = 0.17%

Clearly publicly funded healthcare has an impact, I like to see anyone lock-up condoms here, there would be a mass outcry. Vested interest on the part of government, dictates disease prevention and quashes religious rhetoric. Sounds like WalMart all over again.

Thailand almost eliminated HIV/AIDS due to the efforts of one man who gave away condoms, shaming the government to join mission ... a change of government/no funding ... guess what ... they were right back where they started.

Dear Jessica,

I congratualte you for the good work you do for freedom of choice and feminism. Besides that, you are extremely cute and beautiful and I am hoplessly, helplessly and madly in love with you; ...Ahem, I think the Neo Nazi republicans portray themselves to be so religious by opposing the pro choice issue.
In reality, God has nothing to do with it; in fact, those Neo nazi Republicans give Christianity a bad name by being so narrow-minded.
The Republicans should know that being narrow-minded and anti-choice does not put them in better terms or better position with God; on the contrary, denying women the right to chose is anti Christian but it is pro Talibanian becasue God wants humankind to accept Christianity by choice and not by brute force or by forced legislation; therefore, even God and His Son Jesus Christ would be pro choice.
It is a cynical cruelty on the part of the republicans to portray pro choice people as anti Christian. Example: When Moses granted the Hebrews the right to have a divorce, did that make him a liberal Democrat as the Neo Nazi republicans call us? No, to answer my own question. Divorce, just like abortion, has a negative connotation but both are necessary for a society to function.

The Republican Neo Nazis should know that being pro choice does not mean that we maliciously wish human life to perish. If we were living in a Shangi-Lan, Utopian perfect society where there were no crime or disease nor special circumstances where women would need an abortion, obviously, there would not be a need for abortions nor for a forceful imposition of anti abortion legislation.
But as you have noticed, we do not live in a perfect society, therefore and unfortunately, we need to have the safety valve of abortion.

As we have noticed, the end of attemptted the Orwellian Neo Nazi 4th Reich is almost over. The Democrats will return to power and life will return to normal in the USA.

Interestingly, further supporting vested interest ... GST: a recently (2000) introduced government tax on practically everything, excludes condoms which remain GST-free and if you knew our government, exemptions are begrudgingly made, if there is a cent to be made on anything, they'll take it, even if it costs $1 to extract it. No, condoms were never included as a matter of public good.

This is definitely a bad thing, but is not an anti-sex conspiracy. I live in DC, and the commenter above is right - in many CVS's in the city they lock up not only condoms but lube, razors, body lotion, and body wash. it's just a symptom of the (slowly improving) crime here, as is the fact that in many parts of the city the liquor store and convenience store clerks are behind bullet proof glass. it's just a pain in the ass to find a clerk to unlock a case for lotion, but it really is practically criminal that CVS makes it hard to get contraception also, shoplifting notwithstanding.

I don't agree with what these stores have decided to do. I don't think locking these items up serves the public interest. Ideally, everyone should have open access to these products. It may or may not be the case that there is a high enough instance of theft to warrant this move. Based on the comment made by CVS, we simply don't know. It would be nice to have some actual data on the incidence of theft; it would certainly assuage the suspicions that this move may have been racially and/or morally motivated. The location of the stores lends some credence to aforementioned motivations to lock up these particular items. It would seem like we would see this happening in other parts of the country if it was an official company stance on contraception, particularly in very conservative areas. If this really was about high rates of condom theft, coming clean would certainly make the stores look better. One could argue that they have nothing to lose by sharing the information and validating their claim. The problem is that loss numbers are proprietary company information. As a private business, the public doesn’t have the right to demand them. My question is: do these companies have the right to do this, even if it is unfounded and isn’t in the best interest of the public? In a free market, can’t these companies do whatever they want? (within applicable laws of course)

Kroger Stores here in Georgia put condoms under lock and key, as well as frickin' yeast infection treatments. The last time I bought Monostat at Kroger, I asked the pharmacist very LOUDLY if he could kindly open the cabinet for the yeast infection treatments, since he obviously didn't trust us women to get them on our own. Once he opened the case, I asked, again LOUDLY, if he could tell me whether or not the store brand was as good as the name brand. He turned as red as a crayola crayon, and mumbled something that sounded like "I don't know".

I think he got the point.

For example, someone notes that their should be publicly funded health care, but then notes the gov't will do anything to get a penny "even if it costs $1 to extract it".

Felix, that was a hyperole, typical comment, I should have placed it within parentheses ... gee wizz, I mean, we don't have lottery tax etc ... it's the same tax most other governments have used for years. Just a bad habit we have - taking the piss.

Every country that has publicly funded healthcare has more positive HIV/AIDS stats than the US.

in the long run, that sort of organization managing your precious resources will ultimately result in FEWER rather than MORE people being serviced??

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What a "crock of shit" No it does not! Perhaps that's why we also currenly enjoy 3rd ranking for life expectancy in the world: males 78/ females 83. We also do not have 12% of our population below the poverty line, in fact we don't have a poverty ranking at all.

My daughter has enjoyed the best of medical care during her pregnancy and will be given $4000 dollars towards initial expenses once her child is born, plus a weekly allowance to supplement their weekly income.

A friend recently was knocked over breaking her "hip" and received excellent care for the duration and ongoing physio etc.

You are a lover of stats, as per you posts re "boys crisis": There is no denying that utimately, if a government is responsible for the care of it's citizens, every stat is better. It is soon realised that prevention is more cost effective than cure. Condoms and education form a good basis for prevention.

Also Felix: I sometimes have to wonder if some of the ultra-libs who post here realize how funny there posts are

My government just happens to be about as far to the right as one can get! And voting in my electorate is as old-money as one can get. Which reminds me, TB respects no boundaries (another shocking US stat!).

Condoms have been behind the counter in every store here in Sweden as long as I can remember, just because they were stolen. Along with saffron and cigarettes.

No, I am not in Canada and regardless of your examples, the Canadian system is pretty darn good.

This situation does not require common sense, I live the example every day. I have access to 24 hr care whenever the need should arise (although I haven't actually been sick for 13 years), which means I recover more quickly and pass on less (by-the-way do you have free childhood immunisation?). My mother (don't tell her) is elderly ... developed cancer and was given 1st class treatment. Oddly we were discussing this the other night and both remarked it was almost a non-event. She was given every available option, the choice was hers and apart from her 3 monthly follow-ups it would be a forgotten event. My cousin’s wife had glioblastoma, the fact that she survived for 7 good years attests the quality of healthcare she received (she would have lasted longer, but the return was so aggressive that it only took a week and a half). I don’t really see where your 09:00 – 16:15 comes into the equation, it doesn’t with respect to patient care.

You choose not to listen to what I am saying … we have preventive healthcare, you ignore the numbers I have given. Ultimately insurers serve themselves, don’t be delusional. More costly? The US spends at least twice that of any country per capita on healthcare, to less effect.

I am constantly mortified by the inadequacies of your system. People hold insurance, which covers them out of state and hospitals that refuse treatment on the basis of not accepting out of state insurance, I even had to inform one desperate labouring woman that she was covered by Federal Law; the hospital had refused to accept her for delivery! People who are injured at work (horrifically) cannot afford medical treatment … where is your worker’s compensation???. People with MRSA, not seeking treatment due to lack of funds, just spreading it through the community (for people like you, your insurance can’t fix it … microbes win every time), vancomycin will fail eventually. People affected by hurricane Katrina, who through no fault of their own, no longer have insurance. People covered by insurance, presenting with conditions that are not diagnosed, even though the condition is obvious. Just ordinary everyday people … quite frankly it’s unconscionable.

What good is high-tech equipment, if basic medical best practice is absent. Medicine isn’t about $$$ it’s about compassion & caring. And don’t bother arguing that point, every member of my family either has been (retired), or are currently medical practitioners.

Well if your country's work ethics are based on remuneration only that's sad ... these days, most here work for job satisfaction. Although, as of this past week or so there have been some major changes, so for the first time in yonks there are expressions of concern and political mud-slinging.

When I worked at Giant Eagle in Pittsburgh, PA, (in 1998) condoms were locked up in the pharmacy, and when the pharmacist was gone, no one could get the condoms. FUN!

No, too much fun Felix, reading your gross assumptions: Marxism, who mentioned that. I said "remuneration only", as a matter of fact I have several friends who recently turned down offers where some 10s of 1000s were involved, simply because the position didn't provide satisfaction. Another, who earns a more than comfortable 6 figure salary, yet leaving for similar reasons, likewise with another who just would prefer a life. Everyday my company deline contracts: money per se is just not the bottom line.

(I suppose it would surprise you that we have paid each others bills (mortgages etc) over the years with fluctuating circumstances, just a different mentality I guess.)

I don't deny that the US has the best technology in the world (in fact I said as much myself), but that does not equate to best practice healthcare.

I do not need to visit Eastern Europe to know the stark realities. I also know that in spite of this a few have carried out incredible work, but because corporations can't hold patents the work has been ignored and by now, I am sure lost to us all.

HIV/AIDS percentges speak for themselves, even factoring the global rise since 2003, partly due to shifting populations in all countries, and the consequent influx of existing infection. Still the chasm of disparity in the US, where the need be none, remains a blight on the system.

My mum, no she doesn't realise she is elderly (hence the aside), her chronology may well land her in that demographic ... but no, she certainly does not apply that term to herself and nor should she.

Condoms genuinely are one of the most stolen items in any store that carries them, I would gather largely because a) they're expensive and b) we're socialized to be embarrassed to purchase them. Many places simply make certain that they're kept in a location within view of a cashier or pharmacist. However, condoms in most places I've shopped seem relegated to the land of Tampax. Vagisil, KY, pregnancy tests, adult diapers, and every other item that you're embarrassed to be found shopping for, despite these other items not being heavily shoplifted.

But yes, under lock and key is not only excessive, it discourages the purchase. That's money lost right there. You already lose whatever anti-condom folk you're going to lose by carrying them at all. Locking them up is silly.

Late to the discussion

I once visited my highschool two years after I graduated (2002) and found that they had ripped out the bathroom condom dispensers in favor of a sign that read 'Abstinence is the only sure way to prevent pregnancy and STDs'

- A vancouver suburb

Stores should just consider condom-theft charity :P

Late to the discussion

I once visited my highschool two years after I graduated (2002) and found that they had ripped out the bathroom condom dispensers in favor of a sign that read 'Abstinence is the only sure way to prevent pregnancy and STDs'

- A vancouver suburb

Stores should just consider condom-theft charity :P

I think this is a good thing. Well it helps from people stealing it. Everybody is going to know what you are doing.
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