TV commercials for prescription drugs

In a country ravaged by illegal drug abuse

Its fine to get your legal fix

Be it antidepressants or pain relief

There will be a commercial for you

Smiling faces and happy pop music

Enticing you to ask your doctor to prescribe

Whispering the obligatory side effect warnings

The latest trend is weight loss drugs

Developed for treating diabetics

Now craved by rich healthy overweight people

Unwilling to diet and exercise

Just buy the magic drug to curb your appetite

Watch the weight just fall off

See your bank balance dwindle away

Ignore the side effect warnings of possible death

Who cares, at least you will die thin