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考 博 范 文 PAGE PAGE 2 药物滥用 Over-utilization of Pharmaceuticals In the area of antibiotics alone, the most prominent problem has been the over-utilization of drugs. The Center for Disease Control, for instance, estimates that 1/3 of the antibiotics taken on an outpatient basis in the United States are unnecessary. Increasing use of antibiotics is linked to the increase of their resistance by bacteria; in the United States, 14,000 people die each year from drug-resistant infections picked up in hospitals. In terms of healthcare costs, the rising use of pharmaceuticals has profound consequences.