Does anyone think some prescription medicines treat conditions but promote a contaminated gene pool?

Question

It seems like the more we cure conditions the better we feel, but we fail to realize that these genes are being passed on. They may have little significance now but how many generations till such conditions become evident. I'm not against these people procreating. My example is my friend M. She has serious depression and is bipolar but takes medicine to treat her conditions not cure them. She married a man with the same condition unaware he had it. M is pregnant and discovered this. Both of these are genetic traits and the chance of her twins suffering from these conditions are increased. Am I the only one worried that we will have in a century or two possible genetic issues requiring drug dependency to function normal.

Answer 1

Of course prescription medicines damage the gene pool. They force the body to do things it wasnt meant to do instead of adapting to the new situtaion and over time that makes future generations weaker. Especialy to the afliciton the prescribed medication is for.

Answer 2

Elizabeth, in the sense of the question, marajuana would conatminate as much as any other drug. Drugs themselves don't do the contaminating. What they might be doing is removing any selection process from weeding out detrimental genes.

So to answer the question, yes, in some respects we are damaging the natural mechanisms which reduce bad genes in the gene pool. However, many conditions aren't genetically based, and so aren't an issue, and for those which are, hopefully someday we can remove the worst genes from the gene pool through genetic engineering, but we aren't there yet.

Answer 3

marajuanna is natural and great to replace most prescription depression drugs. with no side affects to contaminate the gene pool

Answer 4

Once we realize that the pharmaceutical companies care only about the bottom line -PROFIT - we will realize that they care not about making us healthy, they care about keeping us sick. This way we remain dependent on their products and we keep giving them our money.

Answer 5

No. These are not new diseases - they've been passed along genetically for millenia.