water fluoridation this opening sentence is misleading often fluoridation is without the consent of the individual and is forced medication controlled should be changed to mandated or required medication of the water supply fluoride is being used as a medication to enhance teeth health controlled implies the person is knowingly adding fluoride to their water when in fact that is rarely the case preceding unsigned comment added by talk i removed controlled not really onboard with the rest tippygoomba talk the goal of water fluoridation is to prevent a chronic disease whose burdens particularly fall on children and on the poor third paragraph first sentence wiki article on medication a pharmaceutical drug also referred to as a medicine or medication can be loosely defined as any chemical substance or product comprising such intended for use in the medical diagnosis cure treatment or prevention of disease or prevention of disease is to prevent a chronic disease preceding unsigned comment added by talk