“If you want quality service, you have to pay for it. You don't buy into waste. I have great misgivings about the amount of advertising that we see in the health care field, some by hospitals, a lot by drug companies.” IfsWantCarePayQualityCompanyFieldsAmountDrugWasteAdvertisingHealth CareHospitalsMisgivingsDrug CompaniesQuality Service Author:Dave Obey
“While alcohol ... continues to wreak havoc in America, supported by a $6 billion-a-year alcohol industry advertising campaign extolling the joy of inebriation, the far less harmful drug of marijuana remains illegal and continues to ruin people's lives - only if they are caught possessing and convicted of that crime.” PeopleIfsYearsAmericaJoyCrimeIndustryDrugRemainsCaughtAlcoholBillionsCampaignsAdvertisingRuinsIllegalMarijuanaPossessingHavocInebriation Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“People who know nothing about advertising, nothing about pharmaceuticals, and nothing about economics have been loudly proclaiming that the drug companies spend too much on advertising - and demanding that the government pass laws based on their ignorance.” PeopleKnowsHas BeensGovernmentLawCompanyToo MuchIgnoranceDrugEconomicsAdvertisingProclaimingDrug Companies Book:Ever Wonder Why?: and Other Controversial Essays Source: Ever Wonder Why?: and Other Controversial Essays
“What about self-awareness, the mysterious ability of the brain to reflect upon itself? Self-awareness can be tampered with by brainwashing, psychoactive drugs, electrical stimulation, political or religious propaganda, even advertising. A lifetime in front of a TV set may be the equivalent of a self transplant.” MaySelfPoliticalReligiousAbilityBrainAwarenessFrontsTvsDrugSelf AwarenessLifetimeAdvertisingMysteriousPropagandaElectricalStimulationBrainwashingTransplantsPsychoactive Drugs Author:Chet Raymo
“I saw this anti-drug commercial that showed a kid smoking pot in his dad`s room with his friend. This kid finds a gun, the gun accidentally goes off and kills his friend. Only in America is the villain in this commercial not guns or bad parenting, but pot.” KidsAmericaRoomsSawsDadDrugGunAdvertisingSmokingPotVillainOnly In AmericaSmoking PotBad Parenting Author:Bill Maher
“Every night I watch the nightly news. It's funded by the pharmaceutical companies. Virtually every ad is a drug ad. They get their say every night on the nightly news through advertising.” NightCompanyWatchesDrugNewsAdvertisingAdsEvery NightPharmaceuticalPharmaceutical Companies Author:Michael Moore