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Re:Portugal treats addiction as a disease, not a crime by tim333 on Saturday September 23, 2017 @08:11AM (#15319378)
Regarding antibiotics, although I don't have numbers, in most 3rd world countries they are freely available in shops for prices starting at less than $1. I wouldn't mind betting more lives are saved by their free availability where there isn't easy/cheap access to doctors than are lost through drug resistance.
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Re:Portugal treats addiction as a disease, not a crime by kwhitefoot on Saturday September 23, 2017 @11:33AM (#15320176)
What do you get for a dollar? A whole course or just one pill? And how much of a person's income is that price, is it really cheap or does it just seem so to those of us who are in rich countries?
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Re:Portugal treats addiction as a disease, not a crime by tim333 on Saturday September 23, 2017 @12:07PM (#15320317)
Last time I did it it was 30c for a course (8 pills) of Cipro in Cambodia. I assume that's fairly cheap for locals too - you can't buy much of anything for that even in Cambodia.
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