"Fifteen years ago, I believed what the commercials told me. Another drink meant more fun, more connection, more of the life I thought I wanted. It reduced the stress of my work and prevented me from feeling the pains of childhood difficulties. But it also created enormous challenges that caught up to me a few years ago, as my husband and I replaced love with verbal fights in front of our two children."
"The industry's record is among the worst in corporate America. Its misleading practices helped fuel the opioid crisis. It has spent billions in lobbying efforts in part to avoid price transparency - in fact, 2025 is on track to be a record year for lobbying expenditures. And it has raised drug prices faster than inflation for decades, all while spending up to $13.8 billion a year to market directly to consu"
President Trump's memo directs the Food and Drug Administration to crack down on misleading prescription drug advertising and to push platforms to disclose paid narratives. Personal experience with alcohol industry messaging illustrates how repetitive advertising can influence behavior, contribute to addiction, and harm families. The directive aims to reestablish enforcement norms that regulators have neglected and to prevent news outlets and platforms from acting as unpaid megaphones for paid narratives. Pharmaceuticals have a poor corporate record, including misleading practices that fueled the opioid crisis, heavy lobbying to avoid price transparency, steep price increases, and enormous direct-to-consumer marketing spending.
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