is not a drug.

It is the first building block our bodies need to make all of our components.

High dose fish oil, becomes like a "drug" in that it skews our fatty acid
metabolism. In nature we don't eat high dose fish oil in food.

Females convert to EPA and DHA about 20% ...the rest of the flax oil ALA
goes to other systems doing other work.

I think if anyone has a platelet disorder, where they are low, then flax oil is the better bet. Males however, are a different story.

Would you stop consuming Vit C in foods/supplements?
Flax oil is the same degree of being essential as Vit C.

Salmon and Omega-3 eggs provide only the EPA and DHA which are at the END of the fatty acid chemical tree. They do not go backwards to other places.
The remain long chain forever. Our bodies make EPA and DHA under ideal circumstances providing you eat the beginning ALA found in flax oil, walnuts, canola etc.
Now if you eat Smart Balance Peanut butter you will get flax oil from that.
Some foods have flax oil added (or canola) and other foods only the long chain EPA and DHA. You have to read the labels.