Is Anti-Suicide Spray Ethical?

Because it's not going to work! I smell flummery.

you never gave us an undecided option because that's what I am .
It is know wonder there is a high rate of suicides because from all accounts from what I have been told it is brutal from the training to actually entering enemy territory .
My worry with this spray is the same as any anti depressant xxx how long before they come out and decide that its not making them feel better and that tests prove it could actually make the feelings of suicide even stronger xxx SEROXAT is a prime example of this given to people including me and then finding out on WATCHDOG that these pills can bring on suicidal thoughts and could actually give you thoughts of harming others xxx

Love Full metal jacket especially the scene where Leonard loses his mind

If there no bad side effects

You're treating a symptom while the disease runs wild.

Keep treating it as long as its keeping people alive

Temporarily.

If it works

Why does the army and scientists and the government always want to tweak and alter soldiers minds? They see really terrible things out there, they need a psychologist not a mind altering substance. They're not toy soldiers, they're real people. And sometimes they get PTSD because that happens when you have to kill a 6year old because he has a rocket launcher aimed at your tank.

Not in the sense that it is un-ethical, but that ethics really play no part in this, assuming it works and has been tested to work. As such, there really needs to be a third option. =\

On the other hand, if the spray has yet to be tested, or has shown to have even worse side effects, then ethics comes into play.

Apart from that, I agree with the current top opinion. We should be trying to find what is causing the suicides and remove them. It would certainly be cheaper than creating a brand new drug.

Stop sending those guys out for years at a time, tour with back to back tour. 1 year out, then 3 years in. Then the suicide rate would drop! And I just thought of this... if they use the spray, we could have an army of Bains or of Jem'Hadar (but maybe not as loyal, unless the nasal spray also has a loyalty component).

However, we should do more about why they are suicidal in the first place.

Suicide is chemical dysfuntion

I think this is a simplistic approach, although very modern americana. Throw a pill (spray) at the problem, rather than address the root cause of suicide. Until we start treating our soldiers like humans rather than group robots, the problem will continue unresolved.

The attack forces get more disgusting all the time dont they

the spray could easily be abused and then where are we? it's no good to have a bunch of loopy army men running around with guns

Holy cow! What else is out there that we don't know about?

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It's no less ethical than any other medication. Is afrin nasal spray unethical? As long as it's approved by the FDA that is.

This is wrong, tampering with someones brain like that. who knows longer term effects. Soldiers have been used as guinea pigs before and I oppose it now as I did then.

Why not use Anti-Suicide Spray, Pills are used! what is the wrong with spray?, I would think spray would go straight to the brain, yes no maybe?. Okay what if the person has no money for a drink, so he or she could take there pills, could that make their Desperation worse, so why not a spray that takes no water

How about finding out why they are doing it and letting them work it out or changing attitudes about mental health. A quick fix never works long term and it is unethical to use soldiers as guinea pigs.

If they are getting the spray,it is because they have gone to a Dr. And so they don't kill them self we are given pills, or now spray. If you naver had (Suicide thoughts) you don't know how much you would wecome anything that would help you get out of bed or even go to work, insted of killing your self, our Soldiers are on the highest Suicide watch in a group in America. I my self have gone on the walk with a (Gun) to end it, mind you it was just a thought, but it is very real to me, and the Dr, I went to for 3 years, and the Sych. Dr, that gave me my Pills. Believe me when I say I would like to have had a spray to see if I would not have gotten any side effects

Like the pills the spray would have other effects and mess with people.

Yes, pills and spray mite and do have side effects, on People!, put what that man kind makes donen't give us side effects, and what with out using pills or spray is the end side effect Death?

If they are sick that should be grounds for them to be released from military! young boys going off to war...is young boys with thoughts like a video game. It is a crime..the death toll of the young men...who have come home in body bags. Its all a damn Crime!

I should be able to kill myself if I want to as should they. It's not selfish since they're living with that terrible sadness, and you want them alive so you won't have to, too. It's you that's being selfish,

you mean being kept away from your family to bomb innocent people and occupy a country on the other side of the world makes you feel bad? there's obviously something wrong with you, here take this spray...

It doesnt really matter whether it is or isn't. If you are in the military, you are their guinea pigs, and they can do what they like.

Of course it's ethical. If anything, any kind of device can prevent a soldier from committing suicide by all means use it.

Maybe you should cure the cause rather then treat the symptom. They already have our boys on all types of medication witch is just exasperating the problem. The problem is our men are spending way to much time in combat rolls and over half of them understand its a unjust war. My buddy in the army infantry and he told me he literally drives around all day waiting to get attacked.Its very simple stop the war and the suicides will go down on there own.

The ones who kill themselves are infantry and other very low ranks. They dropped out of high school, wanted to be a bad ass and join the military. They are told they are special and will be remembered then BAMMMM!! Reality hits them and there is no way out! They are stuck in there for however long their contract is for. So what do they do? Pull their gun towards them... Sad but true. I love our troops but everyone is just trying to be a hero and don't understand what they are signing up for.

It's sick thinking there are shortcuts to just helping people with support. Is anyone really surprised the Army is doing something shortsighted? (Again?)