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Are drug commercials pushing drug addiction?
Results so far:
| Yes | 60% | 293 votes | Total: 487 votes | |
| No | 40% | 194 votes |
Yes
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Created on: August 29, 2010 Last Updated: August 30, 2010
The pharmaceutical companies have gone way too far. Their message seems to be the only way you can avoid
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Created on: August 06, 2008 Last Updated: February 03, 2012
It seems that for every commercial break there is at least one commercial advertisement for medication.
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Created on: July 24, 2008 Last Updated: May 24, 2012
The notion that drug companies are pushing drug addiction might be considered absurd, then I thought
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Created on: May 09, 2009 Last Updated: May 14, 2009
Oh those drug commercials can really get under your skin sometimes. Especially when they imply that
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by Harold Yeary
Created on: October 21, 2010
Take a simple example, Colgate Toothpaste adds on t.v. In 1966, the American Society for Preventive
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Created on: January 28, 2009
A strong premise for parents and guardians to remember is "children learn what they live". It is becoming
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by NM
Created on: November 10, 2008
Turn on the T.V., and chances are you will see at least one prescription drug commercial. Flip through
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Created on: July 26, 2010 Last Updated: July 27, 2010
Yes, they are.
People are being prescribed through TV ads among other sources. This is tantamount to
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Created on: June 04, 2008 Last Updated: June 06, 2008
It's really ironic if you stop and think about it. What, you ask? For years, the tobacco companies lobbied
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by Jacob Mack
Created on: October 29, 2008 Last Updated: November 21, 2010
"Ask your, doctor about..." "tell your doctor, you..." It seems all we see when we turn on the television
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Created on: October 05, 2008
Government and law enforcement officials are so concerned about curtailing the illegal drug problems
No
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Created on: April 05, 2008
Blaming Big Pharma now for Drug Addiction?
Apparently we have forgotten our outrage at Big Pharma's behavior
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by Raptor
Created on: October 16, 2010 Last Updated: October 19, 2010
Drug commercials are not pushing drug addiction. These commercials are simply advertising certain
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Created on: July 15, 2010
Drug commercials targeted to the lay population, known in the health care field as “Direct to
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Created on: October 05, 2010 Last Updated: October 06, 2010
It makes me pretty upset that people are angry about commercials trying to
keep kids off of drugs. -
Created on: December 10, 2008
I do not believe commercials have anything to do with a person's decision to take drugs. Commercials
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