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DeEtte Petrie's avatar

This is something I have been praying for for a long time! I am soooo sick of the drug ads! Please, Mr. Kennedy suggest drug ads be removed from the public view! People should not be subjected to constant drug ads that we are not trained to prescribe.

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Bruno's avatar

And they should! We are the only country besides New Zealand that allows it. Conflicts of interest should be treated as the crimes that they are

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Mediocrates's avatar

If drug advertisements are banned from US and NZ television - the losers will be:

The pharmaceutical industry - loss of sales

Executive staff of big pharma - loss of bonuses

Politicians - loss of payments for lobbying and electoral campaigns

Medicos - who rely on bonuses for issuing drug prescriptions and vaccinations

Advertising and marketing agencies - campaigns and marketing will diminish

Media television stations - loss of advertising revenue (but expect the internet to be saturated)

Scientific and medical journals - big pharma can't afford the "subsidies"

University "research" grants - big pharmaceutical can't afford it

Continuing "education" programs (CEP) for medical license renewal will no longer be subsidised

Airlines and resort hotels - there will be a reduction in subsidised conferences for medicos

The legal profession - who have "enabled" big pharma to flourish

I'm certain there will be more complainants however I see that the total losses amount to a return of common sense, ethics and efficiency in the entire health industry.

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Jennifer Collins Brever's avatar

It’s gross to repetitively hear the list of side effects that may happen if you consume the meds attempting to be sold on commercials. Infuriating really. The people who buy those drugs are preyed upon by Pharma.

Common sense says, no more!!

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Baldmichael's avatar

Probably better to throw out the T.V. There is enough propaganda without the ads anyway.

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Fallon Clark's avatar

I mean, if tobacco and cannabis, medicinal plants from mother earth, can't be advertised, there is no reason synthetic pharmaceuticals should be treated differently. But if they're going to ban all drug ads, sugar-laden foods and drinks marketed to kids should also have to be banned.

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Patricia Moore's avatar

They never used to allow Pharma ads, then I don’t know if it was in the 80s? But that’s when they took control of Media as well. The reason why the narrative was what they wanted told, all the “Covid lies”we heard, got spread everywhere because they own All the MAIN STREAM media. Hence why No one watches it. So I Totally agree, get Pharma ads OUT! Pharma needs to stop controlling our media with their money.

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