[OSM-talk] dispensing pharmacy considered confusing

[Paul Johnson]

Adam Schreiber wrote:
> On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 5:55 PM, Paul Johnson <baloo at ursamundi.org> wrote:
>> Greg Troxel wrote:
>>> I just mapped a "CVS", which is a store that sells lots of personal
>>> hygiene stuff and has a real pharmacy (with a licensed pharmacist, who
>>> can fill prescriptions signed by doctors).  I used amenity=pharmacy
>>> dispensing=yes, but find the description on the tag page confusing.  I
>>> put my confusion on the Talk page for the tag, and if people can explain
>>> to me I'll tweak the wording on the tag page to clarify (assuming that's
>>> ok to do).
>> My understanding is that dispensing=yes on a pharmacy would be a
>> pharmacy where you can get a prescription filled.
> 
> Yes, but here in the US you wouldn't call anything where you couldn't
> get a prescription filled a pharmacy so the dispensing tag is
> redundant.  I think that's what he's getting at.

That's not true:  I can think of several Rexall and Rite Aid locations
that are not dispensing pharmacies in Oregon.

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