[ELI5] How governments allow snake oil “medicine” to sell on TV, light night? Some of these products are dangerous to people, like prostate crap that will do nothing and may prevent the people to survive if diagnosed too late?

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[ELI5] How governments allow snake oil “medicine” to sell on TV, light night? Some of these products are dangerous to people, like prostate crap that will do nothing and may prevent the people to survive if diagnosed too late?

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I’ve seen commercials selling a drug that doesn’t even say what condition it treats. Basically, just your standard over saturated stock footage clips of waaaay too happy people, and a clip at the end “Ask your doctor if _________ is right for you!”