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I read the news today, oh boy.

17-Sep-2007

Included with our daily-delivered Denver Post this morning was our first free sample pack.

Shampoo? Dish washing detergent?

It was two Advil sleeping pills, resplendent with 1000-word warnings about potential side-effects and operating heavy machinery.

Sheesh.

Update: Here’s the following Sunday’s haul of news and advertising.

Denver Post Delivered: News vs Advertising

No drugs, just catalogues.

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Wow. Newspapers giving you actual depressants. It's like the news

Sunny Kalsi | 17-Sep-2007

Wow. Newspapers giving you actual depressants. It’s like the news won’t make you kill yourself, maybe some sleeping pills will…

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