Problem :: Television commercials for pharmaceutical drugs are totally misleading images on top of lists of side-effects

Television commercials for pharmaceutical drugs are totally misleading images on top of lists of side-effects

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Family members have taken prescription medications that did far more harm that good. These medications should not be advertised direct to consumers who are totally unqualified to evaluate them.

Supporters: Aaron Greenspan, Eric Teasley, Chris Slagle, Jonathan Wallis, Arbi Llaveshi, William Hughes, Lisa Matulevicz, Timothy Suen

Opponent: Erna Boldt

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12		Ban television advertising of prescription drugs.
		(It would certainly make 60 Minutes more watchable.) There's no good reason why I, and not my doctor, should be on the receiving end of these ads.


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