<story><title>OxyContin&apos;s 12-hour problem</title><url>http://static.latimes.com/oxycontin-part1</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ctingom</author><text>What about the first amendment?</text></item><item><author>Cakez0r</author><text>* Make it illegal to advertise or market any drug that requires a prescription.</text></item><item><author>siliconc0w</author><text>Armchair Policy Wonk:&lt;p&gt;* Make FDA approval double blind.  Can&amp;#x27;t bribe who you can&amp;#x27;t see.&lt;p&gt;* Before starting a study, if you want to include it with a future application you need to register it.  All registered studies need to be included with an application.  Can&amp;#x27;t cherry pick studies.&lt;p&gt;* You may only use approved claims stated in the application in marketing or product descriptions. (which I thought was already the case)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>roywiggins</author><text>You can almost certainly restrict it on public broadcast TV, which would be a good start. The FCC has pretty broad powers to regulate broadcast TV and radio compared to other kinds of speech. For example:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Fairness_Doctrine#Decisions_of_the_United_States_Supreme_Court&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Fairness_Doctrine#Decisions_of...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>OxyContin&apos;s 12-hour problem</title><url>http://static.latimes.com/oxycontin-part1</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ctingom</author><text>What about the first amendment?</text></item><item><author>Cakez0r</author><text>* Make it illegal to advertise or market any drug that requires a prescription.</text></item><item><author>siliconc0w</author><text>Armchair Policy Wonk:&lt;p&gt;* Make FDA approval double blind.  Can&amp;#x27;t bribe who you can&amp;#x27;t see.&lt;p&gt;* Before starting a study, if you want to include it with a future application you need to register it.  All registered studies need to be included with an application.  Can&amp;#x27;t cherry pick studies.&lt;p&gt;* You may only use approved claims stated in the application in marketing or product descriptions. (which I thought was already the case)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>andrepd</author><text>What about it? I can&amp;#x27;t show pornography on TV or slander someone on a newspaper and call freedom of speech.</text></comment>