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shape, being healthy, and having fun. For me the biggest challenge was leaving basketball.

Throughout high school, basketball was ayeff round event. During the summer, practices and
camp were fun. Then the season came around and things got serious. But, for me at least, it was

more than a sport. As a team, basketball became a close bond between the guys on our team. We

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They feel that, to make their job easier, they should prescribe drugs, specifically antibiotics, to cure basic

ailments. We share an opposing belief to this.

We are people who are suffering the downfalls of this drug-driven business. We are patients

who consult our doctors with confidence and get let down. lt is our belief that antibiotics should be used very conservatively in order to prevent the development of highly resistant bacteria yet we "insist on getting antibiotics from the doctor to treat a cold or the

flu"(Dilgrer

Health 2012). Antibiotics should

only be used in extreme cases to insure that overuse is not leading the world down a one-way street of no return.

We believe that it is in our best interest to leave as much healing and cleansing to natural
medicines and processes as to not create a dependence on the ever-increasing strength of antibiotics. Soon antibiotics will have little power over the bacteria they have created and mankind will be left

without a cure for these super strength bacteria. "lt is important to slow the development of resistant
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any sickness. We feel that we are acting in the best interest of both us and our patients.

ln terms of highly resistant bacteria, we acknowledge that it is becoming an increasingly more

urgent problem. "'Over the years, we have seen an increase in this antibiotic-resistant bacterium, both
in the U.S. and also worldwide"'(NPR 2012). Our actions are causing this problem, but until an easier

solution is found we will continue to use prescription strength antibiotics to treat sicknesses. Also, with today's advancing technological knowledge, drugs are becoming more potent. So, as long as the strength of drugs continues to killthe resistant bacteria, we believe that there is not a problem. We should be concerned with "developing new, more effective antibiotics"(NYTimes.com 2A7\.

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expand our business. The more pharmaceutical sales we can make, the better it is for our company.

"lncreasing sales in an existing market is one of the easiest ways to grow your business". We are purely
in this for profit.

We do not encourage the development of resistant bacteria from overprescribing drugs, but we see it as an opportunity for expansion. This provides us the opportunity to explore a new avenue of

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n.d. Web. 18 Oct 2012. <http://health.howstuffiruorks.com/medicine/medication/question56L.htm>.

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