Instigator / Pro
7
1377
rating
62
debates
25.81%
won
Topic
#1032

prescription medication is poison

Status
Finished

The debate is finished. The distribution of the voting points and the winner are presented below.

Winner & statistics
Better arguments
0
6
Better sources
4
4
Better legibility
1
2
Better conduct
2
0

After 2 votes and with 5 points ahead, the winner is...

Speedrace
Parameters
Publication date
Last updated date
Type
Standard
Number of rounds
3
Time for argument
Two weeks
Max argument characters
10,000
Voting period
One week
Point system
Multiple criterions
Voting system
Open
Contender / Con
12
1641
rating
63
debates
65.08%
won
Description

we will discuss pharmakeai and pharmakon

Criterion
Pro
Tie
Con
Points
Better arguments
3 point(s)
Better sources
2 point(s)
Better legibility
1 point(s)
Better conduct
1 point(s)
Reason:

Spelling and Grammar
"It's time for, your favorite show, SHOWCASING OTHER PEOPLE'S MISTAKES!"

As you can see here ".2 over 100 thousand people die each year because they take prescription medication. this is because prescription medications are meant to harm you." The sentence has no capital letters, and the period is before the two. This seems like Pro put in absolutely no effort or time in writing this (or is just in grade school)

Arguments:

C'mon, let me compare the arguments:

.big pharma corruption started the opioid epidemic. The opioid epidemic destroyed the lives of soccer moms who says no to illegal drugs but believe legal drugs are safer. this happened because drugs are meant to harm you.
(Again, bad grammar/spelling)

"No, it happened because they wanted to make money."

I can hardly read Pro's argument, but con's argument is straight forward and simple.

Conduct goes to pro because con forfeited.

Criterion
Pro
Tie
Con
Points
Better arguments
3 point(s)
Better sources
2 point(s)
Better legibility
1 point(s)
Better conduct
1 point(s)
Reason:

See comment section:
https://www.debateart.com/debates/1032/comment_links/17398

Gist:
Technically the right poisons in low doses heal, which pro misses is the opposite of harm... Anyway, if pro ever met his BoP, he hid such inside the Gish Gallop.