The problem is education won't reach everyone, and the broad, easy availability of the drug gives people the incorrect feeling that it is much safer than it act

The problem is education won't reach everyone, and the broad, easy availability of the drug gives people the incorrect feeling that it is much safer than it actually is. ("If they let you just buy it, how dangerous can it possibly be?") Any drug where the toxic dose is that close to the suggested dose is going to be dicey when we let people buy it OTC. Notice I'm not saying we should prevent it from being OTC -- as someone who is not a doctor I have no clue on that. Just saying that I don't think it's fair to categorize people who take took much Tylenol without realizing the potential deadliness Darwin Award candidates. * I'm also going to make an edit to say, you suggest education, but isn't that exactly what this article is doing? If you want people to take warnings seriously, the warnings need to be serious.