Medical usage vs. Cosmetic, Agriculture, and Athletic Benefits

Medical Use and Purpose
    HGH replacement has numerous medical benefits.  One of the main and original benefits for was children that had a deficiency in growth hormone production.  Doctors would give the children with this disorder enhancement therapy to help them grow.  Increasing a child's height has benefits such as improved self confidence and self image.  Now with the use of technology the use of HGH has totally changed.  People in athletics are taking it, it plays a role in cosmetics, and is used in the agriculture world.

Cosmetic
    Today everyone wants to look young and unfortunately  HGH production decreases with age. This results in unwanted wrinkles, mood swings, decreased sexual performance, weak bones, reduced cardiac output, and decreased energy. By taking HGH injections or medication, the old can start looking and feeling new all again again. However, if you exercise on a regular bases it will increase HGH production  The ethical issues with using HGH for a cosmetic reason is that the person is change the way they look by getting surgery.  Genetics are given to people for a reason.  Using this technology allows them to alter what they have been given. The people with money can afford this and the less fortunate have to look bad compared to the rich because the rich people have an altered image. Altering your image has lead to many other ethical problems.  For example, look in the media.  The media has portrayed famous people the image that they have no flaws.  Look at the cover of every teen or adult magazine and you’ll find that every female on the cover is a size zero and has no faults.  The picture will reveal no wrinkles on her face and no fat on her body.  The media has now opened the door for many other problems like eating disorders, depression, and self image problems.

Who would be for the use of HGH for Cosmetic Reasons Cosmetic Reasons?
    People that would be for the use of HGH for cosmetic reasons would be actors or models.  They would be for it because they have to have a good self image.  An actor/model has to look good at all times.  An unattractive actor/model will not get attention if they don't have a fine appearance.  Wrinkles and an old appearance is not on high demand for the consumers of America.  People want to see attractive entertainers.

Who would be against the use of HGH for Cosmetic Reasons?
    People that would be against this would people that aren't fortunate enough to use this technology. If everyone else is improving their image and you can't, it will make you look bad because they look better.  Doctors might be against this because of the side effects from the improper usage of HGH.  The side effects of over usage can be very deadly.  Doctors may also feel that people shouldn't use it for any other reason besides medical.  They may feel that it is exploiting the use of it.

Agriculture-Cows  
    American depends on quick and mass production of products.  Milk and meat is an important part to why farmers will raise cattle.  The farmer wants to produce as much milk from the cow before it goes to the slaughter house.  More milk equals more money which will goes to the farmer's pocket. But the downside to raising cattle is it is expensive to feed them and they destroy the land.  Now cows are given bovine somatotropin, which increases  the yield of milk the cow lactates. A cow normally produces milk for about 300 days.  The ethical problem here is that now cows that take bovine, the cows may be expected to produce more milk.  This means that the cow may be milked more often (by the human) and which means it is being worked harder.  The farmer wants more bang for his buck and they will abuse the animals by over working them.  Natural production of milk from the cow should be left alone.  It produces the amount of milk that get secreted for a reason. 

Who would be for the use of HGH for Agriculture use?
    Farmers would defiantly be for this.  They need to get as much as they can out of the cow.  Increasing the production of lactation can only mean more milk and money.  Farmers may not care about how this can over work the cow because all they see the cow is money.  Now that the cow produce more milk, the farmer will not  have to purchase as many cows as he normally would.  He would make more profit and have less expenses.   The consumer would be for it because this would help keep the price of milk down.  There would be more production of milk with the same demand.  When this occurs, it keeps the price low.  The consumer will want to spend as little as they can to purchase a product and this would help prices to remain low.

Who would be against the use of HGH for Agriculture use?
    People that would be against it would be farmers that don't have this technology.  This farmer would have to take whatever milk it got from his natural cow.  He would have less to provide to the market and wouldn't make as much money as a farmer that has this technology.  The prices of this product is now lower and the natural farmer can't make as much money.  If he wanted to compete in production, he would have to buy more cows.  He would lose more money then what he could make if he has to do this.
   

Athletic Benefits
    Athlete can use HGH to help improve their athletic performance.  This is very unethical.  Athlete using HGH are cheating because they are taking an unfair approach at improving performance.  Why should the athlete that is working hard naturally have to suffer because some other athlete is taking HGH and not working as hard to get results?  The problem with regulating who is using HGH is because it is very hard to test for.  The doctor would have to look at the levels of HGH in athletes and then try to come up with what the normal levels are.  Using HGH is very unethical because this is another way athletes can cheat to win.

Who would be for the use of HGH  in Athletics?
    Of course the athlete that can get hold of HGH would be for it.  The athlete wouldn't have to work as hard in the off season.  So if he/she wants to take it easy they can because HGH will cut their unwanted body fat and help them develop the lean muscle fat.  Some athletic fans/owners would be for it. Fans want to see long homeruns hit, high flying slam dunks, and bone breaking tackles.  They are not interest in seeing a good defensive game.  Fans want to see lots of actions when they pay to see a game.  HGH helps the athlete provide these things for them.  Owner want to meet the demands of the fans because they fill the seats and bring in the money.  This may result in the owners encouraging athletes to do whatever they can to put fans in the seats.

Who would be against of HGH in Athletics?
    Athletes that don't cheat would be against this.  They work hard in the weight room and off season.  They don't want to be at a disadvantage because someone cheated.  They would want the opportunity to compete in a fair game.  Performance is what determines someone's salary.  If they are competing against someone that has an unfair advantage, it would make them earn less money and make them upset they were cheated.
   

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