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I have to kind of be on the fence post with this one. I mean while it isn't right that the government forcibly come and take your DNA from you for unjust causes. It is a tool that can have it's immense benefits. Given if you are a criminal and you are wrongfully convicted of a crime that you didn't happen to commit be it rape, murder, kidnapping, or whatever the crime. An enlarged DNA database could assist in your aquital and capture of the one that actually committed the crime. On the other hand, in an instance such as mine, if I have an episode where I don't know who I am or where I am, though these episodes are always short and I almost never any where that my wife isn't at least close in the area, it is good to know that my DNA is not something that has never been recorded so if I get lost or conditions worsen and I am alone or hospitalized without my wife knowing there is a way for me to become identified....So there is actually to sides to the DNA database issue both good and bad, and sometimes the good uses of something can out way the bad. Another possibility with a DNA database is to release the DNA to Pharmaceutical and Research laboratories without identity information attached of course to allow for medical treatment and medications that are more directed to work on rather than a general population but on people of a particular DNA category or group. This would cause for a higher rate of successful treatment and a lower rate of side effects or negative responses.
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