Credit due to Rep. Jim Moran of Virginia. He wrote up bill (HR 2175) which if passed would prohibit any ED commercials from appearing on television between the hours of 6am and 10pm. There will be those that claim that this is too much government intrusion, that the “gubmint” should not be parenting our children. Forget that, these commercials are out of hand and in our faces constantly. And we know it’s all about the money the companies are making off of guys 18 to 88 (well, let’s hope that is the upper limit… that’s scary enough) if they truly need these drugs or not. Mr. Moran, why not go all the way and introduce a bill to ban any and all prescription drug commercials? Again I ask, why are the United States and New Zealand the only nations that allow these types of commercials?
May 9, 2009
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