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18. Yes, it would affect absolutely everyone.

Including babies, children of all ages, pregnant people, those who are already on the same medication (hence risking overdose) or medications that would interact with it in harmful ways, and those who have other medical conditions that would be adversely affected by the administration of a medication their doctor did not prescribe. The list goes on and on...

Then there is the issue of informed consent, which is a core principle in medical ethics. Administering medication to someone without their knowledge, much less consent, is unethical as hell.

Practicing medicine without a license is illegal for a reason, and most of us here are quick to condemn it when it happens in the form of taking away the bodily autonomy of women with draconian abortion bans or denying needed medical care to trans people. Joke or no joke, medicating the water supply would be no different in principle and just as objectionable.

This is the kind of comment people make as a joke, but it's simply not funny, because the scenario it suggests would be a dystopian nightmare.