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nullish_signal | karma 67 | avg karma 0.19 · 2022-12-26 16:22:02

I dream of a United States with 0 Ads for Prescription Medicine, and the end of "Ask your Doctor about [Brand]"

sfusato | karma 1630 | avg karma 3.5 · 2022-12-26 16:25:58

It used to be like that before the turn of the century. Then, shilling for Big Pharma became cool slowly and surely.

mc32 | karma 33963 | avg karma 2.39 · 2022-12-26 20:48:18

Yeah so we took out alcohol advertising and replaced it with a different kind of evil.

jakear | karma 4774 | avg karma 2.8 · 2022-12-26 21:03:37

Alcohol ads are definitely still a thing. Perhaps you’re thinking of tobacco?

mc32 | karma 33963 | avg karma 2.39 · 2022-12-26 21:24:23

I meant spirits but yeah you’re right tobacco is a better (worse) one.

valleyer | karma 1558 | avg karma 2.97 · 2022-12-26 23:53:25

Television ads for spirits, too, are legal and not uncommon in the United States.

jhgfjhgfjhfgjhg | karma 9 | avg karma 0.39 · 2022-12-26 21:54:13

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wsc981 | karma 5546 | avg karma 3.13 · 2022-12-27 00:43:57

Doctors have sometimes gotten kickbacks from Big Pharma for promoting some medicine. There’s been lawsuits in the USA over this and I am sure if the profits outweigh the costs Big Pharma will try it again. Here’s an example from Pfizer (2010): https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/insurer-sues-pfiz...

jacquesm | karma 227883 | avg karma 3.76 · 2022-12-27 02:37:41

And rightly so, doctors that take kickbacks are acting against their oath and should be relieved of their license to practice.

jacquesm | karma 227883 | avg karma 3.76 · 2022-12-27 02:37:02

Oh no, but what about free speech? /s

bluescrn | karma 3241 | avg karma 3.08 · 2022-12-27 07:50:36

"But it's not real censorship unless it's the government doing it! Corporations and institutions can ban/deplatform whoever they want!"

(Well, at least until an 'evil conservative' controls a significant platform, it seems...)

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