Quote Originally Posted by Husar View Post
So drugs can be held to the same ethical standards as entertainment devices?
Yes - or provide massive subsidies to companies that work on drugs to compensate them for the increased standards. Or governments should start manufacturing these drugs that need to be made from an "ethical" standpoint.

What other things should have the same high ethical standpoint?

Water purifiers?
Tents
Solar power - hell why not all renewable technology?
Communication, that's key to a modern society. Invalidate all patents on comunications, fibre optics etc to help others.
Medical training for doctors and other clinical staff? Better set up bursaries for poorer countries - that's ethical.

So, in fact medicines are only one of many things required. Either all are special or none are.