Why?
95% of the people who see TV drug ads have no idea what the drug is for, and they cannot spell, and often cannot pronounce, the drug name after the TV commercial ends.
More people may be influenced by print ads.
They can scan and paste the meaningless drug name into Google and find out what it does.
Ban drug ads?
The USA spends more on education per citizen than any other country in the history of the world.
But, our citizens and legal residents are so stupid they cannot decide what drugs to take, or not to take?
Pathetic!
The purpose of drug ads is not to sell drugs.
The purpose of drug ads is to be the primary source of ad revenue for the "brought to you by Pfizer" antique gaslight "news" media so they will never carry any negative stories about the pharmaceutical industry.
And brainless narcissists are OK with that.
I’m confused by the arguments on both sides. Supposedly even the AMA is against direct to consumer ads because they are
“driving demand for expensive treatments despite” the fact that less expensive drugs are often just as effective. The AMA said it was concerned that the costs of running the ads are “fueling escalating drug prices...” Do they want the law changed that permits pharmaceutical companies to offer legal incentives to doctors if they prescribe that company’s drugs ?? RFK Jr and the medical establishment on the same side could potentially be an extremely powerful counter to pharma.