Since the government has started using scare tactics on people about products and people it has become increasingly difficult to convince people to try new things, especially when it comes to something that might help them leave the evil stinkies!
I hate to burst your bubble, but there has never been a time in human history when a government didn't do that. It's not new. The "us vs. them" divide that's at the root of all of that [propaganda|brainwashing|marketing|whatever] is probably a large component of why governments formed in the first place, not the other way around.
I have a degree in it (Applied Psychology, specialized in psychopharmacology, specifically drugs of abuse). And I lost a brother to ...... addiction. I feel your pain.
1. Doctors want your money, sure there are some honest docs out there still, and I appreciate the service they provide and hope that they live well and prosper, however this world has become so much about money that the majority of the time this isn't the case.. prepare to be over-prescribed!
Sadly, that's the case. Unfortunately, the reactionary "anti-overprescription" movement is gaining steam as well, and people are avoiding medications that they need. Giving Aderall (Amphetamine) to school children is a dangerous gamble, but when someone actually has ADD/ADHD, it makes a huge difference. The problem is a perfect storm of terrible educational policies culminating in a lot of bored kids that nurses send to family doctors (GPs or Pediatricians) who don't understand drugs or psychological disorders to save their life.
Some conditions can only be treated with medication. In a
lot of them, the medication helps. But it's messing with brain chemistry that you can't
perfectly understand and disorders that are impossible to diagnose absolutely. It's the equivalent of a gynecologist performing heart surgery. Yeah, they probably understand the theory, but they haven't practiced it or trained in it specifically.
3. TV = Government propaganda. The Government does not give a flying .... about the people here in the US, the government wants our money, period end of story... If this weren't the case tobacco and alcohol (the two biggest killers in the world) would be outlawed, and the stupid laws prohibiting something with medical benefits that has never caused a death EVER would be legal, and readily available... (That last statement also denotes how financially stupid our government is considering the sheer amount of money that could be made with taxes.)
That's not the whole story. The prohibition laws are based entirely on cultures: marginalizing or demonizing specific subsets of the population, usually for financial or racial reasons. Going into more specifics is convoluted because I don't want to get an infraction/suspension, but in short……
While it was made illegal in specific areas earlier, "The drug Mexicans do" was scheduled (controlled) partially because Mexicans would work for less money during the dust bowl era. The story about W.R. Hurst running a smear campaign against it are largely overstated, as that targeted other non-recreational uses of other parts of the plant.
"The drug that Black people do" was used to keep slaves working faster for longer hours for many years and entered mainstream use after the Civil War. About that time, fears spread about the potential for overdose as well as some cases of the drug being used to lure good, honest girls into a life of prostitution. A very similar story precipitated the restriction of "the '60s drug" and "the rave drug".
And that's where a lot of it comes from. It's all a means to marginalizing parts of the population, scapegoating "Them" for the sake of "Us", which–in many ways–is why governments exist. "Them" is scary. And if you can put a concrete face on it, identifying them by some obvious external trait or habit, "Them" quickly transforms into an enemy you can identify.
And the only way it's ever going to change is when "Us" changes viewpoints.
The "i" branding is simply smart marketing... The companies who market like this are simply making sure that it is conveyed to their customers that their products are strictly built for X apple product in their iLine
No, it's because it's cheaper to copy something that is easily recognizable but not copyrighted than to pay to license the built-for-i[Pod|Pad|Phone] sticker. They do it because the vast majority of people in marketing understand the point (brand identity) but can't do it to save their lives.
Pet peeve for today: forgetting my chap stick. My lips already had problems moisturizing themselves before I started vaping. Ouch.
