Debate Script- Should the Advertising of Prescription Medications Be Allowed?
Debating Should the advertising of prescription medications be allowed?
Negative
The advertising of prescription medications should not be allowed as it could create unnecessary demand and supply of medications, which could possibly lead to misuse and abuse of drugs. If we allow advertising, with the increase of demand and supply, there will be increase of danger of complications and fatalities that occur with the misuse of drugs. There are certain combinations of drugs (or medications) that should not be taken at the same time. The damage that taking wrong combinations of drugs can cause varies from feeling nauseous to fatal. They are prescription drugs for a reason- they need to be prescribed by someone who is qualified, who knows what they are dealing with. It’s not trivial consumer items like cereals; it’s medication. You are dealing with health, life and death issue.
(There have been a few reports saying that some wealthy American people use prescription medications as ‘party drugs’. It shows that depends on the amount and combination of medical drugs you take - they can actually cause similar effects as those of illegal drugs such as narcotics. The demand created by advertising of prescription medications would also cause more trading of the drugs floating around in society, with possibilities of intentional abuse of the drugs. )
The nature of advertising is highly competitive. The advertisers and companies will always want to create more demand to make more profits. There should not be any competition in medical area like this. Firstly, the cost of advertisement could corrupt development of new medications in process as the money could be taken away from research and development. It would also cause one brand to be more popular than the other, which indicates the possibilities of creating exclusive market; it would also lead to the decrease of research and development of new medications as their will be less variety and companies. ( and that the
Negative
The advertising of prescription medications should not be allowed as it could create unnecessary demand and supply of medications, which could possibly lead to misuse and abuse of drugs. If we allow advertising, with the increase of demand and supply, there will be increase of danger of complications and fatalities that occur with the misuse of drugs. There are certain combinations of drugs (or medications) that should not be taken at the same time. The damage that taking wrong combinations of drugs can cause varies from feeling nauseous to fatal. They are prescription drugs for a reason- they need to be prescribed by someone who is qualified, who knows what they are dealing with. It’s not trivial consumer items like cereals; it’s medication. You are dealing with health, life and death issue.
(There have been a few reports saying that some wealthy American people use prescription medications as ‘party drugs’. It shows that depends on the amount and combination of medical drugs you take - they can actually cause similar effects as those of illegal drugs such as narcotics. The demand created by advertising of prescription medications would also cause more trading of the drugs floating around in society, with possibilities of intentional abuse of the drugs. )
The nature of advertising is highly competitive. The advertisers and companies will always want to create more demand to make more profits. There should not be any competition in medical area like this. Firstly, the cost of advertisement could corrupt development of new medications in process as the money could be taken away from research and development. It would also cause one brand to be more popular than the other, which indicates the possibilities of creating exclusive market; it would also lead to the decrease of research and development of new medications as their will be less variety and companies. ( and that the