NationStates Jolt Archive


Issue Idea: Use of Medecines

12-12-2003, 02:31
Title: Should Doctors Be More Closely Monitored?

Description: Some of @@NAME@@'s citizens have become concerned that doctors are being a little too loose with their prescription pad.

Validity: I can't think of any times it wouldn't be valid, but I haven't seen many issues yet. Please do tell me if theres any you can think of?

Options:

[option]"I took my son Billy to see Dr. @@RANDOMNAME@@ the other day. We weren't in the office more than 5 minutes before he was trying to shove pills down my son's throat!" says concerned parent @@RANDOMNAME@@. "I mean, I know some drugs are good but maybe things are getting out of control?"
[effect]prescription drugs are very closely monitored
[stats]medication becomes an important aspect of government

[option]"She is completely wrong!" raves religious fanatic @@RANDOMNAME@@. "God made us the way we are, God will take care of us. Pills are the work of Satan himself!"
[effect]all medication is outlawed
[stats]medicine is removed from the agenda

[option]"The problem is, we doctors have to wade through too much red tape and garbage as it is just to get someone a bag of cough drops," says Dr. @@RANDOMNAME@@. "We sit in college and medical school for years and yet these people think they can tell us how to do our job? If anything, we should be able to cut out pharmacys and just hold the medications in our offices to hand out as we please."
[effect]doctors are free to practice however they want
[stats]medical is no longer part of the government's agenda

[option]"The problem is really that people have to go pay a doctor a bunch of money just to get better," says @@RANDOMNAME@@, owner of a pharmacy. "We should just get rid of the prescription system and put all the medicine out on the shelves. We're intelligent people, I see no reason why we even NEED doctors to tell us what to take!"
[effect]citizens can buy powerful drugs over the counter
[stats]civil rights go up

It needs a bit of work, but thats why I'm putting it here.
Konania
12-12-2003, 21:00
Title: Should Doctors Be More Closely Monitored?

Description: Some of @@NAME@@'s citizens have become concerned that doctors are being a little too loose with their prescription pad.

Validity: I can't think of any times it wouldn't be valid, but I haven't seen many issues yet. Please do tell me if theres any you can think of?

Options:

[option]"I took my son Billy to see Dr. @@RANDOMNAME@@ the other day. We weren't in the office more than 5 minutes before he was trying to shove pills down my son's throat!" says concerned parent @@RANDOMNAME@@. "I mean, I know some drugs are good but maybe things are getting out of control?"
[effect]prescription drugs are very closely monitored
[stats]medication becomes an important aspect of government

[option]"She is completely wrong!" raves religious fanatic @@RANDOMNAME@@. "God made us the way we are, God will take care of us. Pills are the work of Satan himself!"
[effect]all medication is outlawed
[stats]medicine is removed from the agenda

[option]"The problem is, we doctors have to wade through too much red tape and garbage as it is just to get someone a bag of cough drops," says Dr. @@RANDOMNAME@@. "We sit in college and medical school for years and yet these people think they can tell us how to do our job? If anything, we should be able to cut out pharmacies and just hold the medications in our offices to hand out as we please."
[effect]doctors are free to practice however they want
[stats]medical is no longer part of the government's agenda

[option]"The problem is really that people have to go pay a doctor a bunch of money just to get better," says @@RANDOMNAME@@, owner of a pharmacy. "We should just get rid of the prescription system and put all the medicine out on the shelves. We're intelligent people, I see no reason why we even NEED doctors to tell us what to take!"
[effect]citizens can buy powerful drugs over the counter
[stats]civil rights go up

It needs a bit of work, but thats why I'm putting it here.
(Fixed a spelling error) I like it :) As for vaildity, I think this can apply to all nations. You might want to make the title a little quirky-er. ;)

--Felix
13-12-2003, 08:11
Yeah, I had noticed the 'pharmacies' thing but was too lazy to fix it myself :)

As for the title.. I agree on that, definitely, just wasn't able to come up with a better one.

Maybe.. "Are @@NAME@@'s Doctors Pill-Pushers?"
Emperor Matthuis
14-12-2003, 19:20
how about "Get off the Pills!" i like it :D though submit it but it won't see the light of day for a l o n g time but most won't be seen for even longer :cry:

Emperor Matthuis