Should prescription drugs be advertised directly to consumers?

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1. Should prescription drugs be advertised directly to consumers?

Should prescription drugs be advertised directly to consumers? Pro (Yes)

Con (No)

Not sure

No opinion

No opinion, but I would like to know more about the question.

2. Do you think the issue of prescription drug advertising is a good issue for ProCon.org to explore? Rate this topic from a 5 (best) to a 1 (worst).

Do you think the issue of prescription drug advertising is a good issue for ProCon.org to explore? Rate this topic from a 5 (best) to a 1 (worst). 5 Important issue

4 Above average issue

3 Average issue

2 Below average issue

1 Useless issue

3. Should ProCon.org grow this prescription drug advertising "micro" site (that would take about 50 hours to put together and would have no quotes or biographies) into a "mini" site (that would take less than 300 hours) or our "standard" site (at least 1,500 hrs) knowing that if we grew this site it means that we would have less time to develop other topics?

Should ProCon.org grow this prescription drug advertising "micro" site (that would take about 50 hours to put together and would have no quotes or biographies) into a "mini" site (that would take less than 300 hours) or our "standard" site (at least 1,500 hrs) knowing that if we grew this site it means that we would have less time to develop other topics? No, keep this question as a "micro" site (+/- 50 hrs)

Yes, grow this question into a "mini" site (less than 300 hrs)

Yes, grow this question into a "standard" site (at least 1,500 hrs)

Not sure

4. In general, do you think ProCon.org should develop more "micro" sites (+/- 50 hrs) like this one, or should we stick with our "mini" (less than 300 hrs) or "standard" (at least 1,500 hrs) sites?

In general, do you think ProCon.org should develop more "micro" sites (+/- 50 hrs) like this one, or should we stick with our "mini" (less than 300 hrs) or "standard" (at least 1,500 hrs) sites? More "micro" sites

More "mini" sites

More "standard" sites

Keep a mixture of micro, mini, and standard sites depending on the question

5. Do you have any comments or suggestions about this topic or our presentation of it?

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Do you have any comments or suggestions about this topic or our presentation of it?

Please include your first name (last name and job title are optional).

We post pro, con, and not clearly pro or con comments in the approximate ratio that we received them.

The comments are arranged in reverse chronological order within each category. We sometimes edit comments for brevity, clarity, and spelling. We may also remove comments posted when we find better comments covering the same issues or for other good reasons.

1. ProCon.org Reader Survey

1. Should prescription drugs be advertised directly to consumers?

2. Do you think the issue of prescription drug advertising is a good issue for ProCon.org to explore? Rate this topic from a 5 (best) to a 1 (worst).

4. In general, do you think ProCon.org should develop more "micro" sites (+/- 50 hrs) like this one, or should we stick with our "mini" (less than 300 hrs) or "standard" (at least 1,500 hrs) sites?