The primary thrust of SB 722 is to place the so-called "Natural Supplements" under requirements similar to those met by other products marketed as drugs or medicine; namely that they be demonstrated as safe, that they be accurately labled, that they adhere to strict purity standards, and that any claim made for the product be substantiated. I can certainly understand why the marketers of the popular nostrums would see compliance with such regulations an insufferable burden. How dare the government insist the stuff be safe, effective, honestly labled, and responsibly marketed?
The industry can regulate itself as it has for many years.
We don't need more govt. control and interference.
More people die from prescription drug use, medical mistakes, drug interactions and from just being in a hospital than from any nutritional supplement. The FDA has approved many pharmaceuticals which have killed many.
Let's keep things as they are today.
The Pharmaceutical lobby has a lot of power in DC, they want to regulate the supplement industry out of business.
LOL I thought it was something like that. Thanks for the info.
To demonstrate it you need to spend many millions of dollars. How will you include this cost in the price of naturally growing plant? Only by giving a licence/patent to sell to those who paid for the testing. Others growers/producers will be prohibited from selling and the price will be comparable to the commercial syntethic medication.
Besides most of remedies/medications have some side effects if incorrectly used, so the logical step will be allowing them on prescription only. It create another illegal market for illegal natural "prescription medications" as the reform will make them expensive and many will not be able to afford them. A boon for exploding prison industry.
that they be accurately labled, that they adhere to strict purity standards, and that any claim made for the product be substantiated.
You cannot "substantiate" all claims even on many of "scientific" (synthetic) medications/supplements.
The end result will be that after cutting off the last affordable alternative (assuming that generic/Canadia medications are also not available) many millions will become a lobby for socialized medicine. So the greedy CEO's/owners/lobbists will cut the branch on which they sit.
It's a good idea in theory, but in practice it will allow the phamacutical companies to indefinitely stop the sale of supplements. There are lots of drugs that are approved for use that have terrible side affects but they make a lot of money for the phamacuetical companies so they continue to be sold. Example: RU486, women have been dying from it, but it's use has not been suspended. One death from a diet supplement has pulled it from the shelves. RU486 was fast-tracked for approval, i.e. it didn't go through all the usual tests. RU486 is the only drug that was fast tracked whose purpose is not to save a life.