I live in NZ. Haven't lived in the US but spent lots of time there for work which included TV in various hotel rooms. One of the biggest and starkest differenc

I live in NZ. Haven't lived in the US but spent lots of time there for work which included TV in various hotel rooms. One of the biggest and starkest differences I noted was the drug advertising on US TV, both in quantity and content. I feel in NZ there's minimal drug advertising and when there is it's restricted to things like panadol and acid reflux stuff. US would advertise for just about everything ( lots of depression/mental health drug ads), all with the refrain of "ask your Dr about xxx". It was so jarring that I often joke with my American friends that "in NZ, our Dr tells us what to take" rather than the other way round