Free speech didn`t stop Congress from curtailing cigarette ads, so why can`t it ban prescription drug ads?
(LA Times Clippers)

To the editor: I read with interest - and pleasure - David Lazarus´ April 10 column, `TV commercials for prescription drugs `doing more harm than good.´` As a 40-plus-year healthcare provider (in hospitals, long-term care and gerontology), I fully support the elimination of direct-to-consumer advertising...