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I remember when you couldn't advertise pharmaceuticals on TV but you could advertise cigarettes and liquor. I think the old days were probably better for America's health. (/sarc for the sarcasm-impaired.)

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Every time I watch tv I see new ads for new meds, all with names that sound like Harry Potter wizardry spells. If I watch tv every day, every day I will see new ads. They are endless, emerging from an infinite pool of Big Pharma. Really, you’ve got to see it to believe it.

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they can only advertise over the counter meds here (UK) like cough syrup, not that i watch tv

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Whitney Webb says Joe Rogan wouldn't want her own his show...just heard that on TLAV the other day - I think they used him as a distraction

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It’s 75% of pharma ad spend is spent on tv ads. Not 75% of all tab ads being from pharma.

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Really disappointed in him 😫

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One of the first laws Trump signed, was one to forbid prescription drug advertisements. Did that ever get inforced? I do not have a TV so I don't know, but I thought at least he signed one good law!

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“75% of total ads spent on TV are paid for by pharmaceutical industry” That is an enormous amount of leverage of pharma over all TV content. I had wondered, and still do, how is it intelligently even legal for such ads to be launched upon the viewing public for products not even approved without a prescription and with admitted warnings, obvious when one listens to the actual ads in full. Good for UK not allowing such ads on non-over the counter meds.

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Joe Rogan is sold. He is friends with Tulsi, who is a young global leader. I wanted to love him but could'n't bring myself to watch his show.

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Does he even own a TV?

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