Suppose there was a disease that appeared in children around the age of ten. It causes severe, debilitating depression. There is a medication that will cure it, but it has serious side effects, which are persistent in some cases. There is controversy among experts on the disease as to whether it's best to use the medication, or to treat the depression in other ways. Should the legislature decide which experts are right, and pass a law either requiring or prohibiting use of the medication? Or should the parents of the children with the disease decide whether their child should take the medication or not?
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