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Yeah. So, you know, I remember, you know, Clarence and I have a little bit of gray hair. If we have hair, it's mostly gray. So we have some history here. And I remember distinctly when pharmacists got their degrees, they would get a Bachelor of Science degree. Okay. And then at some point, and I don't know why, What point that was or what led to it?

There was, I guess, a requirement that if you're going to become a pharmacist, you would get a PharmD degree. So can you talk about that a little bit, kind of how all that came about?

There was, I guess, a requirement that if you're going to become a pharmacist, you would get a PharmD degree. So can you talk about that a little bit, kind of how all that came about?

Now I really like it because I like history too.

Now I really like it because I like history too.

So here's the other thing that's kind of that I guess a little sand about the corner drugstore. It's like it doesn't.

So here's the other thing that's kind of that I guess a little sand about the corner drugstore. It's like it doesn't.

exist anymore and i remember very very distinctly um you know with our young children and everything our pharmacist was almost like a neighborhood health care provider um you know everybody knew him we could walk in and you know pick up some medication if we if we had to or just sit and chat gone Absolutely gone.

exist anymore and i remember very very distinctly um you know with our young children and everything our pharmacist was almost like a neighborhood health care provider um you know everybody knew him we could walk in and you know pick up some medication if we if we had to or just sit and chat gone Absolutely gone.

I also have two cousins out in California who are, they're retired now, but were pharmacists as well. And they were in that mode, that kind of corner pharmacy. So what happened there?

I also have two cousins out in California who are, they're retired now, but were pharmacists as well. And they were in that mode, that kind of corner pharmacy. So what happened there?

And it didn't happen overnight, right? I mean, it just, it kind of took a while.

And it didn't happen overnight, right? I mean, it just, it kind of took a while.

Absolutely.

Absolutely.

It needs medication.

It needs medication.

So so my question is this. And again, you know, help me help me understand. Years ago, you know, when we had our coroner pharmacist. At that point, could pharmacists provide vaccinations? Could they provide assistance with blood pressure monitoring? Were they able or did they provide insights into, for instance, smoking cessation like they do today?

So so my question is this. And again, you know, help me help me understand. Years ago, you know, when we had our coroner pharmacist. At that point, could pharmacists provide vaccinations? Could they provide assistance with blood pressure monitoring? Were they able or did they provide insights into, for instance, smoking cessation like they do today?

Could they have done that back then or did the scope of practice expand?