Let's have one final dose of reality, the story of Hadiya Pendleton.

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He then began taking EPO for the first time in his career, the athlete said, adding that he administered his final dose on July 29.

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Prices of drugs, of course, are difficult to evaluate, since the cost of production of a given dose is often far lower than the final cost in a pharmacy or doctor's office.

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And that's just network television: Several of the friends whom I introduced to "Breaking Bad" chose not to watch the first half of the final season, preferring to get it later in one high-intensity dose.

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