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Bleach and ammonia are cleaning chemicals that were never intended for human consumption, not OTC medications. Nicotine should be banned entirely, and ethanol needs to be heavily reined in, but again, they are not OTC medications.
They are materials that can be much more dangerously self-administered. Anything less dangerous can't be justifiably ~~banned~~ restricted solely on the dangers of self-administration.
So we should ban every cleaning product, gasoline, diesel, basically every other fluid that goes into a car, potting soil, fertilizers, every item that can be used as a weapon, every actual weapon, and water because those can all be used to harm oneself?
Your argument here boils down to "either everything needs to be completely freely accessible to everyone with no restrictions or every substance on the planet needs to be confiscated and controlled because people could use something to harm themselves"....and I'm only exaggerating your position by a smidge.
Do you also think the FDA should stop having standards for food and drugs? After all, if people want cheaper weight loss supplements, they're way cheaper to manufacture if they're contaminated with lead and toxic substitutes for the advertised herbal ingredients.
No. They should all be legal to acquire and self-administer.
No. They enforce accuracy of labeling, which is important for people to make informed (consent) decisions about what they self-administer. They should stop making it illegal for a willing recipient to acquire an accurately labeled substance and self-administrate said substance.
Oooooh you're an idiot, never mind my previous reply to you