In my Human Growth and Development class, we have a debate on Pharmaceutical (Drug) companies, and whether they are good or bad. My teacher assigned my group and I pro (for/good).
We need an opening statement, two arguments, and a closing statement. Additional notes and such are recommended. It is also recommended that we use things such as graphs, examples, etc.
My group isn’t helping at all and I’ve been stuck doing everything, and now I need to somehow write an opening and closing statement, and write the two arguments out properly with information to back it up by tonight.
My first argument:
Without their research, we wouldn’t have discovered treatment for cancer (radiation and chemotherapy) and many of the cancer patients who have survived and are healing would be dead right now. If it weren’t for these drugs, we’d all be diseased and most likely dead – drug companies have discovered vaccinations to diseases such as smallpox, malaria, the Spanish influenza, and et cetera. They have kept the human race from dying out. For those who have sex, there would be so many people who would go untreated for STI’s and would ultimately end up giving it to other people. Therefore, these STI’s would spread globally and there would be no way to cure it.
My second argument:
Drug companies generate revenue for the economy because they create medicines for foreign outbreaks which basically helps advance the scientific knowledge of the country. This would ultimately increase life expectancy for the human race.
Additional points:
-Prescription drugs can often be the answer for life-threatening conditions including high blood pressure, high cholesterol or even cancer. These drugs help stimulate and mimic a well functioning body, so there are a number of people whose lives are saved daily because of prescription drugs. Without them, they would have a lower quality of life and even risk death.
-Less crowding in jails, less taxpayer money going to worthless rehab programs, more taxes from the sales of said drugs, new jobs and industries in America, : It would create a revenue steam, and jobs, crime rates go down, less overcrowded jail & prison system…..
-All drug companies want to make a profit – just like any other business. When you consider the numerous doctors and skilled scientists who work for years just to perfect and test a new drug, ultimately some1 must pay for all that. Logically, it would be from those whom that new drug has/had actually helped.
-People are always an inch away from death and get cured due to the new technology and medications created.
-Drug companies are not in it FOR THE MONEY. Drug companies manufacture & market drugs, many of which are cures for various diseases. For example, its like saying, "Do ambulance drivers REALLY want people to get to the hospital? After all, they get paid for driving you there"
-Drug companies exist to make money for the people that own them & work for them, just like every other kind of business. Every time a company comes up with a cure for something that really works, they make HEAPS of money and at the same time they are saving peoples’ lives. They use this money for research to fund trials for new drugs and development.
If there are any grammatical errors, I apologize as I wrote those down very quickly. Anyway, my question is: are those two arguments legit? And what examples and information could I add and use?
Thank you SO much for your help – 10 points to the BEST and MOST INFORMATIVE/HELPFUL answer.
I’m not asking for your opinion on whether or not pharmaceutical companies are good.
I was told I was doing for drug companies, so that’s my argument. I need examples and other information to back up my arguments.
Thank you.
