Yes, yes it is absolutely something they should be dealing with. Good for you that you won't make your daughter sneak around. But many boys and girls do have to and that's unsafe for several reasons. And the MAJOR difference between birth control and anti-depressants/sleeping pills is that birth control is not easy to overdose on (and not typically deadly even in an overdose), doesn't interact with many other medications, and is non-addictive. It's safe and, thus, needs little regulation.