Watch people buy stuff in the US. They walk up to a brand name then see a generic and go "Yeah I'll pay three times as much for the label"

In fact, I bet if you made that one change alone it would probably make a huge dent in the issue

Honestly I think it probably would.

that also gets into making advertising drugs illegal. I am on the fence for that one

Our system is good for that:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/how-to-advertise-and-promote-medicines

I think that advertising drugs should be limited to a doctors waiting room

I'm on the fence about advertising it to healthcare professionals

With generic informative commercials being okay like talking about the drug without branding.

With that legislation in place, I don't think I've ever seen or heard a drug advertisement on the radio or on the television

Doctors should be advertised to but it needs to be by a licensed professional

Not someone who just walked off the street.

Doctors should be informed.

They should know about the latest drugs which have been released.

I think that advertisement is closely linked with lobbying

But that's somewhat a separate issue

Again I don't think advertising is a problem when its done by people who are doctors themselves.

Or pharmacists.

Ben Carson is a doctor. I don't trust his word on jack shit.

He's personally liable if gives medical advice even if it's off the cuff.

If you want to raise the bar make the sales person liable.

@Jokerfaic you know who else is a doctor?

Ron Paul?

British oil tanker feared captured in Iranian waters

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/19/british-tanker-iran-capture-fears-stena-impero-uk-ship-latest?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard

Oh dear

I highly doubt the British government will 'play ball' as they need a win back home

@Weez tbh british seized an iranian tanker going to syria

Which was bound for Syria, violating EU sanctions

Why couldnt they just use the suez canal

Suez is monitored quite heavily

They would also need to go through the Red sea

Makes sense

Which is de facto under American control

Hence they went around Africa to avoid that.

Iran is desperate to sell its oil, which is a massive part of its economy.

I wonder what Irans plan is here..

Iran: "Well we already pissed off the biggest military in the world. How about we piss off the second biggest navy?"

Oh yeah Iran is denying that america shot their drone yesterday

I think they are trying to escalate the situation, create some preassure to make people return to the original deal. A calculated move, they want to stay in the media news channels, remind people that they are still there.
And I would trust Iranian state media as much as the North Korean state media.

Or any other state run media.