Many people in the world are unhappy - IE they have low levels of dopamine / other neurotransmitters. I think this sub-optimal situation is entirely avoidable if we had governments that knew their arses from their elbows.

I believe I would vote for a political party who had a simple manifesto of "maximising the population’s happiness levels" - through pharmaceutical means.

More specifically, our dopamine levels decrease as we age which is hardly ideal - it is best to save the best till last - as when one eats a pizza, the calorie rich middle bit is consumed last - so a refinement to the manifesto would be to ensure that dopamine levels are increased constantly with advancing age - to compensate for some of the negative aspects of ageing.

I feel we could also all do without the pain of death hanging over heads like the sword of Damocles. If the levels of pain relief chemicals in our bodies were raised as the risk of our death increases, painful deaths could be avoided and the fear of death alleviated.

Imagine a system where you go to the chemists on a Monday morning and pick up your weekly doses of drugs / neurotransmitters. It is a personalised dose - personalised to your age, sex and any pre-existing health conditions you have. Viraga and steroids would be provided for sexual health, stimulants for work. There is a national database to manage all this.

Under this system a good proportion of the the pharmaceutical industry would be dedicated to developing the currently frowned upon ‘recreational drugs’ - these drugs could become so much safer and efficacious with suitable levels of investment in research - we currently make no investment at all in this area. The drugs could be so safe and efficacious we could use them all the time (with a suitable rotation policy - which the personalised does scheme would take care of automatically).