Weird societal choices

Here in the USA, because of the prevalence of meth labs, you're viewed with suspicion if you buy more than one package of cold or allergy medicine. So much so that the last time I was in a drugstore in Washington, DC, you couldn't just throw a package or two of Sudafed into your basket. No, you had to get a little piece of paper saying which package of Sudafed you wanted to purchase and then take that up to the front so they could give it to you from behind the counter. Rather reminiscent of the way contraceptives used to be stored in locked containers at supermarkets, actuallly.

But the way is now clear for 17-year-olds to buy, without prescriptions, medicine that will prevent their ovulating to help them not get pregnant after they fail to use the many other ways (easily purchased ways) to prevent conception. Are synthetic hormones really something we want teenagers consuming without any medical supervision? There are some fairly serious side effects of those hormones (I quit taking the Pill years ago because of one of them).

What can I think about a society where it's considered more important that we provide easy access to medicine that helps teens carelessly "sow wild oats" than medicine to deal with cold symptoms?