Is it good idea to make antibiotics available for purchase through community pharmacies without a prescription?

No: Not all infections need to be treated with antibiotics. Making antibiotics available without a prescription may lead to overuse of antibiotics & antibiotic resistance. Also, different antibiotics treat different infections. Therefore, if a person does need an antibiotic, he/she needs to be evaluated by a physician so that the appropriate antibiotic may be chosen for that specific condition.

No,2 reasons: Antibiotics are trendously overused. The results are bacteria that have become resistant. Mersa is a growing problem. Also, there are so many different classes of antibiotics, and differing infections, that a proper diagnosis and treatment protocol must be followed. That should require a doctors expertise.