When writing the title for this article, I started by asking the question "Is Mass Medication Without Informed Consent Illegal?" However looking at the arguments for and against mass medication without the consent of the individual, I believe that this is not a question; informed consent is a natural law that must be adhered to in the preservation of freedom and human rights. To ignore that we are currently being medicated through our water supply here in Toronto…
Read MoreInformed consent is the basis of any ethical medical practice. Your doctor has the obligation, the duty, to inform you of the risks and rewards of taking a particular medication or obtaining a certain procedure and only you can make the decision of what happens to or what you put into your body. When medication is added to the water without your consent based on the vote of a handful of municipal Councillors, this right is in effect, abolished.
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