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Opioids are not only 1% of people getting addicted

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they never said the cons of smoking kent cigs

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I feel that its not just one groups problem its both because, They are all hurting humans no matter what. The opioids are a hard topic because you could get people who actually need it and other who don't so thats is a difficult problem here in america.

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The commercial for the Kent cigarettes was stating how smoking can make some feel good, there were really no facts about how it may affect someones health but the commercial for the opioids was stating that its not that bad to take them and trying to find facts about the health benefits, while they completely ignored to negative effects.

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Opioids 
They skipped all the negative effects and focus on the good. they over exaggerated the positives and minimized the negative

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Opioids 
They skipped all the negative effects and focus on the good. they over exaggerated the positives and minimized the negative

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They never said the cons of taking opioids just how it will help you.

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they both try and make the commercials very colorful and make the opioids seem like they cant harm you

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People get addicted because of their environment not because of advertisements, instead of pinning this on opioid companies, maybe the US should do something like decriminalize drugs and promote public health services to make peoples lives better. In Vietnam more than 20% of soldiers took hard drugs like heroin, not because of advertisements or big opioid companies but because the world around them and their environment was terrible.

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It is irresponsible for the companies to advertise that their product has no harm and that very few people can actually get addicted to the opioids that they produce, yet people who are addicted have the choice to not take the drug since its their choice if they want to.

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I blame the Pharmysoticals for this because there the ones who advertised it as a good and safe drug. The doctors are also at fault because there tempted by the check they cash when they prescribe so they give it out a lot more than they should

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I feel that it is both because they knew that the the drug was addictive when not used correctly but they both sold the product.

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No, there are so many better things we could do to help drug users than just blame big pharma. Everyone misunderstands how addiction starts. We need to make peoples lives better so we can fix addiction before we address other issues.

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i think the pharmacies should be blamed because they were the ones who chose to distribute it even though they knew it was bad before they gave it to doctors

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It seems like the opioid comercial advertised that their product isnt addictive even though there is evidence that opioids are extremley

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The ads back then didn't tell us all the facts about tobacco and oxy. They were trying to make it seem like it's not addictive.

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The advertisements say they are not addictive or that they are refreshing to use. Kent cigarette ads never told you what chemicals that their cigarettes had and the opioids ads said that less than 1% of people who take these prescription drugs get addicted. These ads are incorrect now that we know that people can become addicted very easy and we don't see any cigarette ads.

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The opioid advertisement tries to combat the criticism against their product while the cigarettes focused on the pleasure it gives you. However the cigarette commercials from the 60s are quite different from the ones from today.

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It is half way for me because the people kept taking the drug but at the same time, the companies did lie to the public about the information.

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I'd blame the people who say they are addicted and couldn't stop. People have come out of their addictions before showing they made the choice to stop, even if it was hard

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No doubt the issue started with the people abusing the product, but the issue was only fed when companies saw the potential profit of this drug and purposefully falsely advertised the product as being less addictive then it is. But at the point of an epidemic fast action is necessary and its easier to restrict a business than to restrict people.

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I think that the company are to blame because they are making a profit off users who are addicted and they aren't trying to stop it.

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I think that it’s a 50/50 split. Yes alot  of companies have lied about effects and addiction but alot  of opioid users don’t admit they have a problem due to it being “medicine” so it’s a bit of both.

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I think it could do a lot of good. The criminal charges have been increased aswell as a set limit to how much you can be prescribed at once. The penalties being more extreme could definetley change the decisions of some opioid company’s

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The Bill could work because it can limit what the companies are doing and if there are more problems they will notice a dip in their profit and they might try to stop it by actually spreading out awareness.

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The bill shifts and sort of blames these companies and makes it harder to make these drugs and if they make it in illegal ways there are fines. Also they would be fined if they didn't tell users they could become addicted in their advertisements

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The bill could work but we never know if it could make the accounts of opioid use go up or down unless we do it.

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well, you can never really blame anything fully on any one thing... but, I do think that most of the blame can be shifted to companies and those who do distribute these drugs, if you make something addictive available, people will become addicted.

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I think it is the company's fault, Purdue Pharma, because they concealed the information of abuse of the drug from the people. If they had exposed the information and stopped selling additive prescriptions they wouldn't have had people abusing it.

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I think the the companies are to blame in that they knew how dangerous the drugs could be and advertised falsely. on another hand addiction does start with an initial choice but this could have been fixed by the companies.

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the ad says that less than 1% who take this drug to us and give us an bigger amount than we need to have for pain killers and then we get addicted. just like what is happening on the news about over prescribing for the girls wisdom teeth and got addicted to it.

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There is blame on both sides of the argument. Pharmaceutical companies should not falsely advertise their products because it could ruin many lives. But, people should be more cautious about what they put in their bodies. Especially if there is a chance it could be harmful.

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i think the company is the one to blame because if people would have known they might not have had a problem with the opioids.

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companies should pay for the impacts of their products and be forced to make safer products. I do not believe that jail-time is the best option for this crisis but instead it should be heavy fines.

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I think the profit from the drug should go to rehabilitation centers to help people that are going through addiction on oxycontin or other drugs too.

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I like that the bill makes companies pay for the damage they have caused to consumers. But, if the company warned that their product was addictive if abused then they maybe shouldn't have to pay all of that

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the bill seems slightly unfinished...everything needs t be fully thought out

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i like that companies have to pay for damage, but i do think that 10 years is a little much

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they make smoking look fun by saying good stuff about it.

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Many people have indicated that smoking cigarettes have no negative effects. Most people were younger, and were having a good time. They were all relaxing around having fun.

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before you play the video you see the sky. that means that opioids lead to death

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This video didn't include any other opioids other than Oxycontin, which was not popular at the time. These people then realized that this was much too addictive of a drug to just give out.

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I blame the consumers because they chose to abuse the drug

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I believe that the addiction to opioids has gotten this important because of the lack of doctoral protection of the drug.

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juuls

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Epidemics are things that are very widespread, with negative aspects. Illnesses, such as Black Death, Swine Flu, and others used to be very widespread throughout the world.

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take them to rehab then get them tested for others things

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I think that the drugs should be regulated through the doctor. If opioids were less accessible to common people, then there would be less of a problem. I think that maybe people should only be able to take the opioids at the doctors office with someone to take them home afterwords, there would be no conflicts with opioids in the public place