CAFTA outlaws many vitamins & supplements - stop CAFTA NOW!

Ask the Pharmacist Group ^

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This is the first I've heard of thotline.com; impressive newsletter.

[bjs1779]

Once upon a time, we used leeches to let blood . .

Bet you didn't know this:

FDA Approves Leeches as Medical Devices.

[Loud Mime]

Thanks............. I'm working on the August one right now and will soon have automail updates.....

[1rudeboy]

No I didn't. But the WTO didn't prevent it, either. That's the point I'm contesting.

[bjs1779]

No I didn't. But the WTO didn't prevent it, either.

Remember, people remember what the FDA tried to do with supplements years ago. It took an act of Congress to reign them in. There is a precedent for the skepticism behavior, imo. Nowadays, we have Supreme Court Justices that refer to internatioal law when making decisions. Is it that much of a leap?

" In the past, FDA has repeatedly attempted to define dietary supplements as drugs or food additives and subsequently remove them from the market. The legislation defines a dietary supplement as any product which contains one or more dietary ingredients such as a vitamin, mineral, herb or other botanical, amino acid or other ingredient used to supplement the diet. The legislation makes it clear that these products may not be regulated as food additives or drugs under most circumstances."

Congress blocks FDA from removing health supplements

[underwiredsupport]

"Who cares about vitamins?"

I for one believe the ME'ers suffer from malnutrition, which has caused them to morph into rabid dogs. They need more bacon, eggs and ham...IMO

UWS

[bizzyblog]

Pointy-headed elitism? Zheesh.

I'm simply acknowledging that we are nowhere near getting to the point of everyone being educated enough to evaluate health and treatment options, thanks to government schools and negiligent parents. There's nothing elitist about that. It's simply recognizing an unfortunate reality.

I'd appreciate it if you could eliminate the baseless personal attacks.

[labard1]

"If CAFTA effectively puts supplements back under FDA, I would have to reluctantly say that's a good thing."

I don't think the government should EVER be able to stop people from taking any supplements or drugs they want. If the government wants to require that the manufacturers put a label on an item stating all the concerns of the FDA, or stating flatly that "this is not fit for human consumption" or "this will kill humans", that's better than the government prohibiting people from using them. If we believe the government labels, we'll stop. If we don't believe the government, we'll use them anyway.

In responding to me please put aside scaled "recreational drugs", which are not really the subject of this thread. They are mainly offensive to me because of the welfare state. Otherwise, I believe that free men and women should have the right to kill themselves or otherwise choose to go to hell in whatever manner please them. But that's not what this post is about.

[madfly]

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