In the movie "Dallas Buyers Club" regulations and prohibition play a significant role. The main character, Ron Woodroof, is diagnosed with HIV, which eventually leads to AIDS and he starts taking and selling drugs to others who also suffer from the same disease. The government has to issue regulations that prohibit him from selling drugs. They made it illegal, which hindered his only way of income, and what he thought was his only way of surviving. This movie was fascinating to me because it is the only movie we have had to watch in class where the main character was trying to run an illegal business. It also was interesting because the regulations were made to protect people but Ron thought of it as offensive and wrong. The regulations and prohibition of drugs being sold in this movie had a negative and positive effect on society, which were the consumers of the illegal drugs. The sellers and buyers are upset that it was made illegal but the drugs were slowly killing them, whether they wanted to admit it or not. The consumers did not like the government for issuing the new regulations but it was for their own good. The drug dealers, Ron and Rayon, do not support the regulations and prohibition of selling those drugs because that is their only income and they think it is the only way they will survive when it is actually damaging their bodies. "It means we were unapproved, now were illegal" (1:21:28). Ron was very upset when he found out what he was doing was no longer even slightly allowed. The interaction between the government and Ron is a constant chase throughout the whole movie. The doctors try to help him but he believes his ways are more efficient. The regulations are placed to stop Ron from putting not only himself in danger but others as well. "Now the FDA is proposing a permanent change in its regulations" (1:20:46). The government is wanting people to use the drug AZT in the hospital so they prohibit what Ron was doing. In class, we read "The Seen, the Unseen, and The Unrealized" and chapter seven talks about regulations and prohibition. The government will put out new regulations to make entrepreneurs and business owners change what they are doing slightly so that the government will benefit more from it. They also will sometimes completely prohibit something, as we see in the movie, to stop something that is negatively affecting society. What I took away from watching this movie and comparing it to what I have learned in class, is that regulations play a huge role in every entrepreneur and business owner's life. It does not matter if the business is approved by the government or not, it will still be affected by regulations eventually. I think regulations are very important especially when it comes to situations like what we see in this movie. Without regulations and prohibitions, although they sometimes cause disagreements, our world could be a much more dangerous place. https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fmielderlaw.com%2Fplan-to-be-100%2Funderstanding-financial-exploitation-as-a-drug-deal%2F&psig=AOvVaw2bgkNtwE29Mm2GZG6R7_Zi&ust=1666739705923000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAwQjRxqFwoTCNCQm7P_-foCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAE
