U.S. Life Expectancy Falls Further

Re:U.S. Life Expectancy Falls Further by SilasX on Thursday November 29, 2018 @11:58AM (#18561650)

>his too is much less of a thing outside of the US where pain medication tends to be very strictly regulated and not advertised every 10 minutes on TV.

I've never seen a commercial for a pain medication or opioid, they're usually for some heart/skin condition, ED, STD treatment, or something related to aging.

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Re:U.S. Life Expectancy Falls Further by jillesvangurp on Thursday November 29, 2018 @04:40PM (#18564313)

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-advertisin...

This paints a bit of a different picture ... I imagine somebody cracked down on this more recently.

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Re:U.S. Life Expectancy Falls Further by SilasX on Thursday November 29, 2018 @05:43PM (#18564855)

I meant within the last fifty years and on TV.

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