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make advertisements for perscription medications illegal

Created by S.B. on January 19, 2012

The United States is 1 of 2 countries allowed to advertise perscription medication.Coincidentally, the deaths linked to overdoses of perscription meds has trippled in the past decade. November 1st, 2011, Fox News reported over 20,000 deaths linked to perscription medication overdose. CNN reports that roughly 40 people die a day due to misuse or perscribed meds.Gil Kerlikowske, the director of National Drug Control Policy, claims that about 5,500 people begin abusing their meds daily
www.foxnews.com/health/2011/11/01/prescription-drug-deaths-skyrocket/
thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2011/11/01/40-die-daily-in-rx-drug-epidemic-cdc-says/
www.cdc.gov/Features/VitalSigns/PainkillerOverdoses/
http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2010/06/17/incorrect-use-of-certain-prescr...

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