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What is something that is completely legal that should be illegal? (midwest.social)

submitted 7 months ago by Lanky_Pomegranate530@midwest.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] originalfrozenbanana@lemm.ee 136 points 7 months ago (5 children)

Advertisements for prescription medication

[–] FlapKap@feddit.dk 33 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Well that highly depends on location. I think that's illegal in most of Europe

[–] DannyBoy@sh.itjust.works 24 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Most places other than the US. I know it's illegal here in Canada.

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 months ago

We get medication ads here in Canada, they're just very restricted in what they can actually say, but Sportsnet runs a rybelsus ad every hockey game

[–] Nath@aussie.zone 23 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That's only legal in like two countries.

[–] spittingimage@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

I'm in one of them. I wish it wasn't.

[–] Blizzard@lemmy.zip 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Advertisements in general. Imagine world without ads and sponsored content.

[–] Rinox@feddit.it 14 points 7 months ago

I don't think that's realistic. Even the guy at the local market shouting "get your potatoes here" is technically advertisement.

What could work instead is to make both the company that advertises and the one that displays the ad liable for the ad itself. If it's inappropriate, contains malware or is in any way malicious, the company displaying it should also be liable for endangering the customers. Also outlaw tracking for advertisement purposes altogether

[–] Ziggurat@sh.itjust.works 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

This one is pretty location specific but I agree that US law doesn't make any sense. Like, physician and pharmacist spend 10 years at university to learn all the details about prescription medication and then have to get yearly retraining, so how do you even do ad's for that

[–] Silentiea@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

Two ways: first, you go to doctors offices and hospitals and give gifts to the person responsible for picking which version of this medicine to buy/prescribe.
Second, convince patients to ask for your version when they see their doctor by telling them on tv that it will make their life better or whatever

[–] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 2 points 7 months ago

I left the US to work overseas and when I came back the law changed and everyone was hooked on viagra, the "little purple pill" and everything else...it was VERY obvious what happened...after we sttled down we went to establish care woth a GP & I walked out of my initial appointment with 6 prescriptions.

ridiculous...