Watching this with my son was interesting. The two issues brought up were drugs and prostitution. Drugs have been an issue in other episodes, but here, steroids were discussed. Buying sex for money was also never mentioned before, and while this episode did not deal with the ethics of this, it did look at drugs.
I have mentioned before, that I do think that drugs should be legal and regulated, but I am not sure about steroids. The first post-mortem that I saw was of a body builder who had a massive heart due to steroids. The muscle growth outstripped the blood supply to it and he died. Since then I have seen ruptured ligaments which do not heal and also others with heart attacks thanks to the use of illegal steroids. I have suspected that it has contributed to behavioural issues with some, and I see one person on occasion who uses them but has muscles that are so developed, they have joint issues because his body should not have that build. And he has acne and very small testicles. Saying that, drugs screw up lives, and just because I think that they should be legal and regulated does not take away from the many lives I have seen ruined by drugs, and too many ended.
As for prostitution, again, this is something I think should be legal, but again regulated. But this view applies to all those who work in the sex industry. Help should be offered to aid those who are forced into sex to get out, or ideally, not to get into it. The ethics of using a prostitute were not addressed in this episode though.
Needless today, I told my son not to use drugs. Hopefully he will listen.
