You might want to know this about Walmart/Asda (Asda)

Member Name: den

Product:	Asda
Date:	18/08/00 (279 review reads)
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Advantages: Asda has much to commend it

Disadvantages: But playing god with people's health is not appropriate

I offer the following for information:
In America, home of the giant Walmart chain which has recently bought out Asda, many groups are organising a substantail boycott of all Walmart stores.
The reason is that Walmart refuses to stock a number of items, notably prescription drugs, as it says that it and its customers do not approve of them.
These are *not* over the counter drugs, but items which a GP (or the American equivalent) has decided that a patient needs for their health
These include the 'morning after pill'; which is, or is about to be, available over the counter here.
Women's rights groups and those who live in rural communities, where Walmart is often the only store for many miles, are particularly concerned about a store deciding it can and should over-ride a doctor's judgement on what medication a person needs.
Personally, I won't be giving Asda any more of my hard-won cash, and have written to its head offices in this country and abroad to tell them why.

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