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Re:Ohio Sues 5 Major Drug Companies For 'Fueling Opioid Epid... by markdown on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @09:06PM (#14457182)
There's this weird thing in the US where ads can say "ask you doctor for <drug brand>".

That's incredibly stupid and illegal in all but one other country in the world.

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Re:Ohio Sues 5 Major Drug Companies For 'Fueling Opioid Epid... by nyolfen on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @09:52PM (#14457380)
asking your doctor for oxycodone, even in the US, is a very easy way to be shown the door
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Re:Ohio Sues 5 Major Drug Companies For 'Fueling Opioid Epid... by microcolonel on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @09:32PM (#14457299)
Perfectly legal in Canada. Don't be hyperbolic, it doesn't help anything.
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Re:Ohio Sues 5 Major Drug Companies For 'Fueling Opioid Epid... by markdown on Thursday June 01, 2017 @12:10AM (#14457949)
Hyperbole?

My apologies if I was wrong. I believe I got it from the nytimes article on the topic published a few months ago.

Would you care to update Wikipedia (and cite your source)? They only list the US, NZ, and Brazil.

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/28/sunday-review/ask-your-do... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct-to-consumer_advertising

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