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Sanders and King Unveil First-Ever Bill to Ban All Prescription Drug Ads (readsludge.com)

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[–] QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works 30 points 1 day ago

"Drug commercials as you know them really only began in 1997, when constraints were further loosened, and new meds began to feature in television commercials. For its part, the FDA notes that no federal law has ever outlawed drug ads, justifying its progressively lax regulation."

The next paragraph explains why I mention the 1990sbecause before then you would have to have printed on screen the side effects.