This crackdown on drug ads is long overdue

The Trump administration鈥檚 crackdown on pharmaceutical ads is a welcome step toward lessening Big Pharma鈥檚 influence over conversations between patients and their doctors.

Americans are among the few people in the world bombarded with advertisements for medications most of us don鈥檛 need: New Zealand is the only other country that allows direct-to-consumer drug advertising. These policies have given pharmaceutical companies significant influence over consumer behavior when it comes to health.

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