EXCLUSIVE: Bill Maher's New Rule For Drugs (VIDEO)

When you find a $20 bill in the pocket of a coat you haven't worn in years, you're delighted. Not so when it's a bottle of pills. But that's about to change thanks to Bill Maher's newest rule.

In this exclusive clip, Maher makes a call for an end to prejudice against drugs that have fallen from grace due to age. He's got us convinced; next time we visit our parents we're raiding the medicine cabinet that hasn't been cleaned out in decades.

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[Lahonda]

03:01 AM on 05/14/2011

Silly Simon!

[oldgraymare]

07:09 PM on 05/13/2011

Bill Maher has that "je ne sais quois" - perhaps just the right amount of snark. LOVE him11

[symmetryfan]

05:57 PM on 05/13/2011

Old Rule: That intense ache you feel on both sides of your lower back is called kidney failure.

Tetracycline anti-biotics can degrade into nephrotoxic compounds over time. And, Hell, I'll bite... Mold can grow on improperly stored mushrooms.

[babsnp]

11:26 AM on 05/13/2011

Mr. Maher is an entertainment personality. I do find him entertaining and amusing. That said, I disagree with Mr. Maher’s new rule regarding the use of expired medications. Some medications lose their effectiveness after expiration dates. Therefore, taking an antibiotic for what may or may not be a bacterial infection could delay a person to seek medical attention, and get the correct medication.
Prescriptions are often prescribed in the generic form. A person may take a medication that he is allergic to because he or she may not recognize the generic name of the drug.
Some medications should not be taken with other medications. Dangerous interactions can occur. The dose and or strength of a medication may vary between people. This too could lead to a bad outcome.

[ls1z28chris]

12:18 PM on 05/13/2011

Why are you surprised that a guy who doesn't accept germ theory and most of Western medicine is giving out bad medical advice?

[babsnp]

12:35 PM on 05/13/2011

You're right. Point taken.

[Mugzi]

05:32 PM on 05/13/2011

It's a joke...humor!!!!

[dbw53022]

08:25 PM on 05/12/2011

I love Bill Maher. Especially the New Rules segments. Not enough to keep HBO, though.

[dawlishgal]

08:54 AM on 05/13/2011

exactly....I cancelled my HBO because I never watched anything but Maher. Why does anybody take it and pay the ripoff fees?. The movies that are less than old are all on pay-per-view. BTW, watch out for Verizon...it will give you a faulty remote that clicks onto the expensive sports channels and then start billing you, and when you report this, their representatives will say that they have no authority to remove the charges. I spent over 9 hours on hold over the past 4 or 5 months trying to get the charges removed (because they kept coming back every month), and when I used my phone service to call my son in Japan during the earthquakes, they charged almost 4 bucks A MINUTE. Found a plan on the web that charges 2 cents a minute. This is the relative value that Verizon puts on your time (zero) versus the wires they rent ($3.89 a minute)..

[deltalady]

01:26 PM on 05/13/2011

I agree about HBO. I like Avatar but I don't want to watch it 3 times a day. Everything else is just rerun after rerun of the same movies. I kept it because I wanted to see Boardwalk, but that was disappointing, then Mildred Pierce, but that also was pretty bleak. I turned mine off and they gave me SHOWTIME for 3 mths, but unless you count Nurse Jackie, there's not much to see there either. And Sundance and the Independent Channel know have commercials.

[Mugzi]

05:32 PM on 05/13/2011

I love Bill Maher, HBO or not...he stays!!!

[LMPE]

06:03 PM on 05/12/2011

only one way to find out if the Tylenol is expired

[Youcantstandthetruth]

05:05 PM on 05/12/2011

Republicans hate Bill Maher because he effortlessly exposes the fallacy of their arguments and in doing so with humor, makes them look sooo foolish. He is one very funny and intelligent entertainer.

[Pailface]

04:49 PM on 05/12/2011

One of the smartest people on TV!

[uralrider]

04:47 PM on 05/12/2011

this guy is the worst. about as funny as cancer

[Natalie Davis]

06:01 PM on 05/12/2011

Have you had cancer? Shut up.

[uralrider]

09:48 AM on 05/13/2011

ouch

[dawlishgal]

08:57 AM on 05/13/2011

Is this remark one of the ones that is on the crib list handed out at the College Republicans' meetings to be used to slow down this site? If not, it ought to be because it so perfectly sums up the mindless nmischief of Karl Rove.

[uralrider]

09:48 AM on 05/13/2011

how original

[ChumpChicken]

04:31 PM on 05/12/2011

AWESOME

[Forrester1]

06:09 PM on 05/12/2011

I only "put down" banality.
Intelligent critique deserves respect

[csalgado77]

03:58 PM on 05/12/2011

Love Bill Maher.

[Remendado]

08:36 AM on 05/13/2011

Is that a command?

[Rachelvis]

09:48 AM on 05/15/2011

commandMENT

[Forrester1]

03:14 PM on 05/12/2011

I wouold like to know if anyone every tried the 3,000 year old pot they found in that king's tomb in the Gobi desert, or was it Mongolia?

Let's give some to Bill!
Must be good stuff if you want to be buried with it.

[Forrester1]

03:10 PM on 05/12/2011

Always makes me laugh, and few do today.
While I think he comes off a little smug sometimes, he is definitely the brightest star on talk TV...and has been for some time.

[rsejmail]

04:25 PM on 05/12/2011

Wow, he hired you to stick up for him on these posts what else are you going to say.

[Forrester1]

05:58 PM on 05/12/2011

I'm not for sale.
By the logic of some of these comments, I can only assume that if you listen to Glen Beck your head will explode.
Don't like Bill, I'm sure he cares as much as I do.

[dawlishgal]

09:04 AM on 05/13/2011

Interesting that the word "hired" pops up here at the same time there seems to be an excess of trolls making remarks worthy of College Republicans and their dirty tricks guru Karl Rove. A shame, that lack of shame in this crowd.

[theaustralian]

03:01 PM on 05/12/2011

Looking at so many comments here of people endorsing the use of drugs which are past their expiry prooves that sometimes liberals are just as anti-science and as idiotic at the christian right. When your kidney's and livers fail because your too lazy and too cheap to get new medicine just remember you probably wont be on top of the donor list. something to think about.

[Tom Moe]

01:27 AM on 05/13/2011

You really believe that is "something to think about"? It's a joke, meant to make people laugh. Think about that instead.

[ls1z28chris]

12:24 PM on 05/13/2011

You must be a Dane Cook fan.

[storeysound]

02:45 AM on 05/13/2011

Apparently you just need to be upset about something. Please do it elsewhere.