Pharmaceutical/campaign ads

 

While playing video games recently I have made friends with a guy from Sweden, and somehow we ended up talking about the differences between American TV and European TV.  This came up because for a brief period my buddy Rex lived in the United States, but now he is back in Sweden.  He was telling me that the biggest difference between them is the pharmaceutical ads that are run here in America.  He told me that in Europe there are essentially no type of advertising on various drugs, which I thought to be crazy because of how commonplace they are here in America.  It seems that almost every commercial break, in America, that there is an advertisement for mesothelioma or some other type of disease/drug for the disease.  

This made me think about which method is better for the public.  I could see value on both sides of the argument because on one hand a person could find out about a drug from and advertisement, and it could end up working out for them.  However, I do see the argument from the other side that it could be seen as the pharmaceutical companies just trying to make money off people.  From there I started to think about if politicians can run ads for there campaign, and I came to find out that in most places in the European Union, campaign ads are very heavily regulated.  Obviously, we know in America how crazy some of the campaign ads can be.  The best one of all time has to be Brian Kemp and his first ad back in 2018 or so.  Here is a link to it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q1cfjh6VfE&ab_channel=KempforGovernor

These type of ads, as far as I know, are heavily regulated in the EU, which is both a good thing and a bad thing.  It is a good thing because these type of ads can be extremely divisive and very bad in taste.  However, its a bad thing because we do not get to see ads like Brian Kemp's, which is just plain stupid and funny.  I would like to hear what everyone else thinks about both types of ads, and whether or not the USA should regulate them more like Europe does?