Daily affirmations of a word mercenary
Stars & Pills
1Oct2002 Filed under: LinkageFirst, read this. Then this. Then let’s think about how celebrities (paid by pharmaceutical companies), are chatting up Senators right now and potentially influencing our nation’s laws. God bless democracy.
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Hey there. I'm Ariel Meadow Stallings, a native Seattleite who's written my way up and down the Left Coast. Electrolicious is where I post daily randomata, but I also write for a living. My first book, Offbeat Bride, is in bookstores now.
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Echo
October 2nd, 2002 at 9:03 am
*eewww*
Kara
October 2nd, 2002 at 9:35 am
Stomach stapling surgery justs sounds gross. I can’t understand how anyone would ADVOCATE for it!
leblanc
October 2nd, 2002 at 10:24 am
that’s awful. “generic drugs will never cure him”??? what kind of disgusting ad campaign is that. pharmie companies are , IMO, some of the absolute worst businesses in the world. they a. influence doctors prescription decisions by giving them huge benefits, b. make people think they need drugs taht they don’t, both of which can literally irreparably ruin a person’s mind and body, and c. control the whole thing as a monopoly, all the while claiming to be philanthropists. i won’t even take an ADVIL unless my head is hurting so bad i can’t see, yet some people pop pills like candy. ugh!!!! montel williams is a hack.
kate
October 2nd, 2002 at 12:24 pm
I agree, something is rotten in the state of denMerck… On the other hand, I try not to form too many opinions based on Fox news (or Salon, for that matter).
wynne
October 3rd, 2002 at 12:22 pm
I read somewhere that pharmaceutical companies spend more on advertising than new research. Take that, Montel, FDA! Have to go find that link again … (sorry)