[adam_az]

Ephedra, once hugely popular for weight loss and bodybuilding, has been linked to 155 deaths and dozens more heart attacks and strokes.

Aspirin kills thousands a year.... Ban aspirin! ;) This is pretty dumb.

[hchutch]

I can't believ that Tommy Thompson, of all people, would fall for a wave of hysteria, particularly given the facts behind Steve Bechler's death.

http://www.mediresource.sympatico.ca/health_news_detail.asp?channel_id=8&news_id=923

http://espn.go.com/mlb/news/2003/0313/1523003.html

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/al/orioles/2003-02-17-bechler-collapse_x.htm

It sounds like he was overdosing on the supplement. And this leaves me up the creek without a paddle once my stockpile runs out.