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  • That we support the widespread use of Ozempic as a behaviour-modifying drug

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    Ozempic is an anti-diabetic medication that has also found usage as a weight loss drug. It has been found to decrease addictive and compulsive behaviours by reducing the amount of pleasure or cognitive reward that users experience. This means it can be used to reduce behaviours like nail biting, compulsive shopping, and alcohol addiction.

    UTS Pre-Australs 2023 · Round 1 · 2023-06-02

  • Motion R4: THR modern medicine's prioritization of longevity over quality of life (e.g. extending lifespan vs. palliative care)

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    info slide: Palliative care refers to specialized medical care for people with serious or chronic illnesses

    Hart House Women and Gender Minorities Debating Tournament 2023 · No Round · 2023-05-27

  • This House would allow parents to genetically engineer their children at birth. (eg. tendencies, intelligence, appearance)

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    UBC Spring HST 2023 (Juniors) · Grand Final · 2023-05-19

  • This house would allow prisoners to volunteer for medical trials in exchange for lighter sentences

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    Clinical trials are research studies that test a medical, surgical, or behavioral intervention in people. These trials are the primary way that researchers determine if a new form of treatment or prevention, such as a new drug, diet, or medical device (for example, a pacemaker), is safe and effective in people.

    ICYD 2023 · 4 · 2023-05-02

  • That we should grant those diagnosed with terminal illnesses the right to access treatments that have not completed clinical testing

    Grandslam 2023 · Round 1 · 2023-04-21

  • This house regrets the rise of health and medical influencers in social media platforms

    Philippine Schools Debating Championship 2023 · No Round · 2023-04-20

  • This house would legalize cryonics in the context of a pandemic

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    Cryonic suspension is a relatively new technology which involves deep-freezing the bodies of people who have just died, in the hope that scientific advances may allow them to be revived in the future. There have been philosophical debates about the ethical status of this technology and whether its use can be justified.

    Easters 2023 · Grand Final · 2023-04-09

  • This house supports the existance of Hospital X

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    Hospital X is a maximum security facility built to ensure that ex-convicts deemed a continued high risk and labelled as "non rehabilitated", are kept separate from the community. Inhabitants have served their prison sentance, and rehabilitation treatment is offered but is not required. The state has passed a law that allows inhabitants to be committed to the facility indefinitely.

    Glasgow Ancients 2023 · Semifinals · 2023-04-07

  • This house would legalize active non-voluntary euthanasia.

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    Active euthanasia is where proactive steps are taken to hasten someone’s death with the aim of minimizing suffering.Non-voluntary euthanasia involves patients not competent to consent (e.g., those in a coma, with dementia, etc.), where someone else consents to hastening their death.If a patient has (while competent) officially filed an “advance directive” about hastening their death under their current health circumstances, then this is NOT a case of non-voluntary euthanasia.

    HWS RR 2023 · 3 · 2023-04-01

  • This house as Pigward WoodSwine Would release the vaccine to the world

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    Pigward WoodSwine is a below average pharmaceutical scientist working on a vaccine to prevent all life-threatening illnesses and until this point has been unsuccessful. One night in his Manchester flat he gets black out drunk and does 'a lot' of drugs, when he wakes the next morning he finds that he has synthesised a drug which is 100% effective at making a person immune to life threatening illness, however upon further testing they discover 20% of people who take the vaccine have their ability to speak permanently replaced with uncontrollable Pig-like 'Oinks'. Pigward has no recollection of the night before and has no idea how he created the drug however he does have the ability to replicate the vaccine without modifying the formula. Pigward later names the vaccine the 'Properly Infectious Great And Intense Disease Serum’.

    Severn Cup · Grand Final · 2023-03-26

  • This house, as Slobodan, would stay in the community with Ana instead of continuing the journey and trying to facilitate the creation of this vaccine

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    You are Slobodan, a man living in a post-apocalyptic world full of zombies. You accept an offer to take a girl, Ana, who is immune to the zombie infection, to a group of revolutionaries who may be able to create a vaccine against the infection, and in return they will reward you richly. You have promised your partner that you will bring the girl to her destination, but before the most dangerous part of the road you come across a hidden and successful community surrounded by walls, where a normal and safe life is currently being lived, and one of the residents is your brother.

    Tabtastic Spring 2023 · Grand Final · 2023-03-18

  • This House would ban the research, production and use of moral enhancement drugs.

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    Over the last decade, scientists have identified a range of chemicals that exist naturally in the brain and shape individuals’ moral behaviour. Significant amounts of research is now being carried out to create “moral enhancement drugs”, which would alter the levels of such chemicals. Such drugs have been shown to increase individuals’ tendencies to display empathy and care for others, to behave in altruistic way, and to resist pressures to act in ways that violate their personal and ethical beliefs.

    ATUDC 2023 · Grand Final · 2023-03-18

  • This house, as Slobodan, would stay in the community with Ana instead of continuing the journey and trying to facilitate the creation of this vaccine

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    You are Slobodan, a man living in a post-apocalyptic world full of zombies. You accept an offer to take a girl, Ana, who is immune to the zombie infection, to a group of revolutionaries who may be able to create a vaccine against the infection, and in return they will reward you richly. You have promised your partner that you will bring the girl to her destination, but before the most dangerous part of the road you come across a hidden and successful community surrounded by walls, where a normal and safe life is currently being lived, and one of the residents is your brother.

    Tabtastic Spring 2023 · Grand Final · 2023-03-18

  • This house, as Chie Yasutake, would keep the child

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    Hana's Miso Soup was an iconic Japanese movie about a young woman, Chie Yasutake. In the movie, Chie, who is a recent college graduate, becomes engaged to the love of her life, Shingo. Her life, however, takes an unexpected turn when she is diagnosed with terminal cancer. The ensuing cancer treatment would also render her infertile. Despite that, life delivers another unexpected twist when Chie finds herself impregnated. She is now faced with the difficult choice of taking the risk or ending the pregnancy for which she has yearned.

    JDO 2023 · 1 · 2023-03-17

  • That we support the development and use of moral enhancement drugs

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    The category of moral enhancement drugs includes, but are not limited to, drugs that make someone more empathetic, altruistic, or compassionate.

    Eastside Debating Competition 2023 Year 12 · Grand Final · 2023-03-17

  • This house would ban this genetic engineering research on adolescents

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    Groundbreaking new research suggests that it is theoretically possible to alter the cells of humans age 12 - 15 to develop adaptability to extreme conditions (e.g. resistance to extreme temperatures, starvation, radioactive waste). This alteration process will involve significant amounts of physical pain, but is non-fatal and full recoveries are assured.

    PSO 2023 · Round 3 · 2023-03-05

  • This house believes that developing countries should prioritize applied medical research over basic medical research

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    Basic medical research refers to ventures into discovering the fundamentals of disease processes. For example, genetic analysis of inherited disorders, the factors that lead to tropical infections (e.g., malaria, dengue, etc.), features of state-specific diseases (e.g., Dystonia of Panay), etc. Applied medical research refers to applying basic research in discovering new drugs, treatments, and innovations. For example, knowing that Diabetes is caused by insulin resistance led to the development of insulin therapies.

    PSO 2023 · Quarterfinals · 2023-03-05