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Farmers don't need a prescription for antibiotics for livestock

Sorry, not a question but I just thought this was ironically ridiculous. Here people with Lyme Disease have to fight tooth and nail to get long term antibiotic prescriptions. Yet reading this news story, farmers can march down to their local feed store and buy antibiotics for their livestock without a prescription, in Canada but not sure if same in US! Unbelievable, but perhaps coming to an end.
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You're right -- that's ridiculous!
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Here's the story link, fyi:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/health-canada-s-quiet-move-to-end-use-of-antibiotics-to-fatten-up-animals-1.2700972?cmp=fbtl&utm_content=buffer69318&utm_medium=social&utm_source=************&utm_campaign=buffer
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