Monday, January 22, 2007

AIDS GROUP SUES PFIZER OVER VIAGRA ADS

This Monday, Los Angeles based AIDS Healthcare Organization sued Pfizer, Inc. over ads the group says encourage the use of Viagra as a party drug. The ads in question feature younger-looking men which implies that Viagra is meant to enhance the sexual experience ( no shit!) and not to treat impotence. Am I just stupid or is the main goal of treating impotence to restore a man's ability to get/maintain an erection so he may have sex, thus ENHANCING HIS SEXUAL EXPERIENCE? He would have no sexual experience otherwise, am I right? The group said that certain studies have shown that Viagra is mixed with crystal methamphetamine to make a party drug "cocktail". Viagra is used in this concoction -ha ha- since methamphetamine can impair the ability to get an erection. The group further alleged that the marketing of Viagra has fostered an increase in the spread of AIDS and other STDs. ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? Can anyone, anywhere in this country-and abroad, for that matter--take any personal responsibility for ANYTHING?? The president of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation said in so many words that to satisfy the heightened sexual desire that crystal meth can bring about, you have to use Viagra. WHAT? How about this--just don't use crystal meth if you want to have sex! Actually, if you have a propensity for using C/M, how about abstaining from sex so you don't knock up some other drug user and produce an unhealthy baby? Furthermore, if you do not want to contract AIDS or any other STD, exercise self-restraint and practice abstinance or monogamy. God forbid this would happen in our current culture of instant gratification! Even if it is true that Pfizer's Viagra ads make it clear that the drug is for sexual enhancement and not just a potential treatment for impotence, how is the company responsible for people's irresponsible behaviour? Seriously?

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