An organ is different from a life-saving drug
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Should an organ be encouraged for sale like a life saving drug? After all, they are both placed into similar use eventually. That is to treat illnesses. As much as I can identify with a terminally ill patient waiting for a donor, I believe that an organ is much more of a sacred “drug” as compared to medical drugs or machines. Drugs and medical devices are never part of their inventors or manufacturers. However, an organ is and it belongs to the donor. Furthermore, as much as drugs are invented with the desire for better humanity and profits, no one was ever born and raised with the purpose of selling his or her body parts. Therefore, with respect the sale of organs, I see a need for the lawmakers, together with medical professionals to come down to a fair and just decision. For, if the laws regarding the permitting of the sale of organs are passed down haphazardly, everyone will be going all out to steal each other’s organ and to sell it illegally. Eventually the world will become a dreadful place to live in.