# In a libertarian society...

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-libertarian-society/599458
**Category:** Great Debates
**Created:** [October 12, 2011, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-libertarian-society/599458 "2011-10-12T20:27:57Z")
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### Author: ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2011, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-libertarian-society/599458/166 "2011-10-23T01:01:29Z")

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> [@Terr](#):
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> Ah, you mean being able to buy them without a prescription? Sure why not.

Because indescriminate use of antibiotics is a threat to everyone. It breeds super bacteria that cannot be treated with antibiotics, then everyone is at risk. Your freedom to use any drug you wish is dangerous. This may well be Libertopia’s Darwinian flaw.

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