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Aranya Tomseth 2.0
Okay, so I maintained my “Better Living Through Chemistry” blog for several months for the purposes of a graduate school class, but I’m not going to rant and rave about the pros and cons of pharmaceutical drugs anymore. I think I made my point, and well, frankly, I’m bored of that topic. Besides, I’m done ...
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Bill Maher Talks Drugs
Bill Maher Bill Maher – one of my very favorite comedians—pokes fun at our over-dependency on prescription drugs in his stand-up routine The Decider. I like how Maher says we “come up with the pill before the disease.” Sometimes it certainly seems that way!
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Robin Williams On Fukitol
Big Pharma’s New Drug: Fukitol Robin Williams takes his turn at prescription drug ads. I don’t think their is a comedian out there who hasn’t had a go at this point. I think a “Fukitol” pill really does encompass what we are seeking as a culture—some kind of pill that just makes all of our ...
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Chris Rock Hits The Mark
Chris Rock is one of my favorite comedians of all time (I even got to see him live at Chicago Theater this year and he was amazing). Anyway, this bit is from an old HBO stand-up show of his and he totally hits it right on the nail as far as prescription drug ads go. ...
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Annuale
Saturday Night Live has done countless hilarious spoofs of prescription drug ads, and this one for Annuale is especially hilarious to me. I’ve always thought all these new-fangled birth control pills were a little frightening. I mean, while it would be of course fantastic to skip that time of the month, doesn’t it seem… well… ...