Healthy Skepticism Library item: 8865

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Publication type: Journal Article

Bowes R.
Industry as pusher
Journal of Drug Issues 1974; 4:(3):238-242

Abstract:

The pursuit of excessive profit by the pharmaceutical industry and the influence of advertising on the prescribing doctor are 2 factors contributing to a social ethic of legal drugging in response to the problems of living in a society in transition. A series of conferences on morality and ethics in pharmaceutical marketing, FDA screening of advertising agency materials before they are given to detailmen, and an end to excessive advertisement of tranquilizers and psychoactive drugs are suggested.