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Big Pharma - Big Crooks
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Big Pharma - Big Crooks
February 3, 2015 at 1:49 pm
You gotta laugh except the doctors are bribed to make it happen as they like.

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RE: Big Pharma - Big Crooks
February 3, 2015 at 1:52 pm
Direct to consumer drug advertising is forbidden in the EU - for these exact reasons.
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RE: Big Pharma - Big Crooks
February 3, 2015 at 1:54 pm (This post was last modified: February 3, 2015 at 1:55 pm by FatAndFaithless.)
It's forbidden in every country except the US and New Zealand, Abaris. (as far as I know, at least)
In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
- Thomas Jefferson
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RE: Big Pharma - Big Crooks
February 3, 2015 at 1:55 pm
Yeah...but corporations got to be FREEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!

Scumbags.
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RE: Big Pharma - Big Crooks
February 3, 2015 at 2:19 pm
(February 3, 2015 at 1:55 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Yeah...but corporations got to be FREEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!

Scumbags.

Well, corporations are people too, damn it. Quit oppressing them.

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RE: Big Pharma - Big Crooks
February 3, 2015 at 2:27 pm
Then they can be jailed for their crimes.
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RE: Big Pharma - Big Crooks
February 3, 2015 at 2:31 pm
The pharmacetucal companies are about as corrupt as they come, but this is all just the result of the American consumer culture, where people are treated as nothing more than sources of money.
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RE: Big Pharma - Big Crooks
February 3, 2015 at 2:49 pm
(February 3, 2015 at 2:27 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Then they can be jailed for their crimes.

Well, don't they have to register for the draft when they turn 18, too?

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February 3, 2015 at 3:01 pm
Good point.
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RE: Big Pharma - Big Crooks
February 3, 2015 at 4:05 pm
(February 3, 2015 at 3:01 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Good point.

The Pfizer infantry brigade -- home of the Mighty Marketers. I like it. Nothing like giving back to the country that gave you so much!
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