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anyone else find it disturbing that every other commercial is a prescription drug?

SW-User
What's more disturbing.... the side effects 😲 like wtf....
Fernie · F
@SW-User 😂
JoyfulSilence · 46-50, M
@SW-User In some cases a side effect is death!
SW-User
True... 😭
Paschar · 70-79, M
George Carlin " DRUGS " you'll love This
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtRohxU1ZS0]
Fernie · F
@Paschar I have some very strong feelings on this subject. I use it to help with joint pain. I knew the instant "Big Brother" got it's greedy, filthy hands on it that everything would change. Medical marijuana is now all about profit and greed. I tried it. The price is obscene, there are NO seeds to be able to grow the 6 legal plants...you have to pay for seeds now....I have boycotted it. I am not going to pay for their overhead, profit or anything else. I still try to find "street vendors" where the price is reasonable and there are seeds. That is becoming more and more difficult too. When here in Massachusetts, they finally open recreational weed stores...the street vendors will once again become criminals because they'll be cutting into the governments profits and they do not like that. I am not going to buy it anymore if I get my hands on some seeds. If the government touches it...it turns toxic...no matter what it is
Paschar · 70-79, M
@Fernie Of Course , That seems to be their job which brings a Carlin joke to mind

Don't steel from the Government , They hate competition . Now here in California we have what is known as Coffee shops that deal in nothing but marijuana and the prices are somewhat reasonable but I also get a large part of mine flown in from Vietnam with dozens of seeds , I make use of it all in the underground bunker out of the sight of my children as they have no knowledge of it .
Fernie · F
@Paschar They DO hate competition and they'll destroy any. That is a nice setup you have there Paschar. I'm sure it's quality too. I'm a tiny bit envious of the seeds. It is so ironic..I've been buying it since '66 and I remember ALL the times I felt so ripped off because my purchase was SO full of seeds...I know they usually had a coffee can filled with seeds and would toss a handful in to give the bag more weight. Now I can't get my hands on any. ha! Massachusetts is still so anal and archaic...and so far behind...it would be lovely to sit in a café and ....relax.
Nature3 · 56-60, M
Direct to consumer marketing gets people to ask for drugs at their doctor's office. It's proven to help these companies make even more money. Personally, I think Big Pharma needs to be reigned in more.
TheLoveAge · 36-40, F
I'm generalizing, but yea,makes some people buy into the belief that taking them is the only answer to their health concerns & and to have a better quality of life, when that isn't the case. But since it's heavily advertised it is distracting enough to the consumers to make them think that's their only option, or only valid one. There are alternative therapies for a reason, they just aren't a point of focus on a broader scale. Not yet anyhow. People feel more assured by the mass advertising instead of the efficacy that alternative options could bring them. I think this is changing though, for the better. In time👍
DanielChristensen · 46-50, M
The list of awful side effects over scenes of idyllic domestic life, it's grotesque. This is the twilight zone
Tater · 31-35, M
They failed to mention what would happen if I stop taking the Cymbalta.
NotYourPepper · 41-45, F
@Tater 😮
SW-User
@Tater urgh for real 😖
therighttothink50 · 56-60, M
Or a car commercial or buy gold and silver. Welcome to the technocratic globalist police state. They will rob you blind and indoctrinate you with propaganda while drugging you to give you bad health and facilitate your demise. They will do it all with a smile.
Fernie · F
@therighttothink50 exactly!!!!
SweetMae · 70-79, F
The side effects seem even more horrifying!!
Fernie · F
@SweetMae yes!
squidgy · 36-40, F
[c=#BF0000]YES![/c]

It pisses me off 😡 [i]Especially[/i] when it is on a news network.
SW-User
I'm so glad that's illegal here
Fernie · F
@SW-User I am SO jealous!!!!!
JoyfulSilence · 46-50, M
I would just use what the doctor chooses. So who are these ads directed toward, doctors?

 
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