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Michael Snyder posted the following:<\/p>\n

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The Real Reason Why The Pharmaceutical Industry Is Spending Far More On Television Advertising Than Anyone Else<\/h2>\n

May 1, 2023<\/p>\n

If you still believe that television news exists to look out for your best interests, you are hopelessly naive.\u00a0 The big networks are going to protect their customers at all costs, and you are not their customers.\u00a0 You are the product.\u00a0 CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS and Fox are all trying to get as many of us watching as possible so that they can deliver millions upon millions of ad impressions to their true customers.\u00a0 Of course the biggest customers of all are in the pharmaceutical industry.\u00a0 According\u00a0to Adweek<\/a>, the pharmaceutical industry spent\u00a0more than 400 million dollars<\/a>\u00a0on national television advertising during the month of March alone\u2026<\/p>\n

If a certain industry is showering you with millions upon millions of dollars, do you think that you will have an incentive not to do any negative stories about that industry?<\/p>\n

Of course.<\/p>\n

It is just human nature.<\/p>\n

Any news executive that does not take special care to protect the network\u2019s most important customers is not likely to have a job for long.<\/p>\n

During the 18 months that stretched from the beginning of 2020 to the middle of 2021, the pharmaceutical industry spent more than 2 billion dollars\u00a0\u201con ads during primetime cable news\u201d<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n

Over two billion dollars ($2.2B) were spent on ads during primetime cable news (5 pm until midnight on CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC) and nightly network news programming on ABC, CBS, and NBC between January 1, 2020 and June 30, 2021. Fox News earned the most in advertising ($622M) and CBS earned the least ($205M).<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Please pay special attention to that last sentence.<\/p>\n

Fox News received more money from Big Pharma during that period than anyone else.<\/p>\n

So if any Fox News hosts were to be highly critical of the pharmaceutical industry, that would put hundreds of millions of dollars at risk.<\/p>\n

But that is precisely what Tucker Carlson did less than a week before he was fired.<\/p>\n

He delivered\u00a0a blistering monologue<\/a> in which he revealed the truth about the damage that the industry is doing and the influence that it has over the big news networks\u2026 https:\/\/endoftheamericandream.com\/the-real-reason-why-the-pharmaceutical-industry-is-spending-far-more-on-television-advertising-than-anyone-else\/<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Legal drugs in the USA are a big business as those in the USA use a lot of medications:<\/p>\n

If it seems like about half the country is on drugs, that is because it is actually true. According to a new survey from the National Center for Health Statistics, almost half of all Americans have taken a pharmaceutical drug within the past 30 days, and that officially makes us \u201cthe most medicated country in the world\u201d<\/a>. And needless to say, those dealing these drugs are becoming exceedingly wealthy at our expense. The average American spends $1,200 a year<\/a> on prescription drugs, but of course many Americans spend far more than that and others spend nothing at all. …<\/p>\n

Without a doubt, there are some pharmaceutical drugs that greatly help people. In fact, many people wouldn\u2019t be alive today without them.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, it has been estimated that Americans spend somewhere around $200 billion a year<\/a> on drugs that they do not need, and this new survey from the National Center for Health Statistics discovered that 46 percent of all Americans have taken a prescription drug within the last 30 days<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n

I am sorry, but there is no way that half the country needs to be hooked on drugs.<\/p>\n

And for senior citizens that number is much higher. In fact, the survey found that a whopping 85 percent<\/a> of Americans over the age of 60 are currently on at least one pharmaceutical drug.<\/p>\n

For adults under the ago of 60, antidepressants are being taken more than anything else<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n

For young adults antidepressants are king. According to the most recent numbers, 11.4 percent of 20- to 59-year-olds had taken a drug to help with their mood in the last month when they took the survey.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Could this help to explain why so many people are walking around like zombies these days?<\/p>\n

And since nearly all mass shooters have been found to be on some kind of mind-altering drug, perhaps Congress should finally take some action in this area. It can be exceedingly difficult to get off these insidious drugs, and many that get hooked on them end up staying on them for the rest of their lives.<\/p>\n

Of course antidepressants are just one part of the problem. For example, opioids are some of the most addictive drugs on the entire planet, and their overuse has destroyed countless lives all across America. 05\/08\/19 http:\/\/endoftheamericandream.com\/archives\/the-most-medicated-country-in-the-world-46-of-americans-have-taken-a-pharmaceutical-drug-within-the-last-30-days<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Plus, more and more are accepting the use of marijuana. Many have been deceived about medications and drugs like marijuana.<\/p>\n

Before going further, note that there are side effects also from medications. Notice this report:<\/p>\n

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Diabetes drug may cause infection that destroys genitals, study warns<\/h2>\n

A certain type of drug used to treat diabetes may help manage the disease, but a new study advises physicians to look for troubling signs of a dangerous flesh-eating infection in patients taking that drug\u2014one that could even kill.<\/p>\n

Per USA Today<\/a><\/em>, the study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine<\/a><\/em> examined ties between sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors, used in Type 2 diabetes treatment, and a genital infection called Fournier gangrene<\/a>, an \u201cextremely rare but life-threatening\u201d disorder, per the Food and Drug Administration, which looked at 55 cases of patients with the infection. https:\/\/fox8.com\/2019\/05\/09\/diabetes-drug-may-cause-infection-that-destroys-genitals-study-warns\/<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As far as medications and costs go, notice that an earlier report found that the United States spends more on medications than other developed nations, yet Americans do not live longer:<\/p>\n

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November 5, 2015<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Americans spend twice that of other developed countries on drugs, but don’t live longer.<\/p>\n

An annual report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development<\/a> compares spending on health care and outcomes for its 34-member nations. Here are some of the findings:<\/p>\n