FDA trying to regulate us to death

[jodi]

Sticks and stones can break my bones but words can never hurt me – except when it comes to the legal meanings behind all this, which is that it would force Americans to have to get a doctor's prescription for anything but the lowest dosage vitamins, herbs and supplements. In a best case scenario where we could all even afford to go to doctors for prescriptions for all our natural health needs, the fact is that most of the doctors who would be allowed to write such prescriptions are really not well educated about natural alternative supplements. The fact is, medical school has taught 95% of our doctors how to treat disease, but not how to prevent it – and especially not how to prevent it naturally.

A growing number of Americans are choosing to take measures to take responsibility for their own health – from the water they drink to eating more fruits and vegetables to taking supplements, herbs and juices and eating organic produce. Under this proposed regulation much of that will no longer be a right of the consumer.

The FDA is accepting public comments on the docket until April 30th. They tried to sneak this under the radar, but word got out and now the natural health community is up in arms over this rule. If you wish to protect your access to nutritional supplements, herbs, essential oils, homeopathic medicine or any other "complementary" or "alternative" modality, it is crucial that you take action to post your comments with the FDA right now and write your representatives in Washington to put a stop to this outrageous effort to destroy natural medicine. (And be sure to really write them. Just sending an email has virtually no impact compared to writing a physical letter in your own words.)

According to Mike Adams, author of Natural Health Solutions and the Conspiracy to Keep You From Knowing About Them, "This move by the FDA is designed to once and for all destroy the 1994 DSHEA law that has made supplements 'legal' while eliminating nutritional supplements and natural medicine from the United States, ensuring monopoly profits and control by drug companies and the FDA. It is the latest action item by the FDA/Big Pharma conspiracy that will not stop until health freedom has been abolished, drug companies rule the nation, and every citizen is drugged up on monopoly-priced pharmaceuticals. FDA "experts" will decide what's a drug or medical device. Under these proposed guidelines, FDA "experts" (the same corrupt officials who reapproved Vioxx after it killed over 50,000 Americans) will decide whether herbs, supplements, vitamins or simple devices like massage stones are to be regulated as drugs and medical devices. If the FDA experts, in their infinite wisdom, decide that these things are to be reclassified, they will essentially be outlawed, stripped from the shelves, and regulated out of existence. Anyone who dares to manufacture, promote or sell such products may be branded a criminal and rounded up by armed FDA agents who have a well-established history of suppressing natural medicine."
Adams' book documents much of the criminal history of the FDA, including FDA-ordered book burnings, raids on vitamin shops, kidnapping of natural health practitioners, threats, intimidation and oppression tactics that have been used to suppress natural alternative medicine for nearly a century.

Like Adams says, "The FDA is about to deal a final, fatal blow to the alternative medicine industry, outlawing nutritional supplements, functional foods, homeopathy and natural therapies all at once. This is not a drill. It really is time to be alarmed. Nothing else I've written about this year is as important as this sinister plot to destroy natural medicine and force the American population to resort to dangerous prescription medications sold at monopoly prices under a system of medical tyranny. Your access to vitamins, supplements, herbs, and even energy medicine modalities is now directly threatened, and you have until April 30 to make your voice heard." This is not a drill. It really is time to be alarmed. Americans' access to vitamins, supplements, herbs, and even energy medicine modalities is now directly threatened.

What can you do? First, see for yourself I'm not making this up by reading the document yourself on the Internet at [www.fda.gov].

One thing you will read is "...a product used in a CAM therapy or practice may be subject to regulation as a biological product, cosmetic, drug, device, or food (including food additives and dietary supplements) under the act or the PHS Act. Second, neither the act nor the PHS Act exempts CAM products from regulation." Translation: Anything used in any system of medicine may now be regulated as a drug or medical device by the FDA. This includes a biofeedback machine, acupuncture needles, a cup of herbal tea, massage oil, a glass of vegetable juice or even a bottle of water.

Another thing you will read is: "...if a person decides to produce and sell raw vegetable juice for use in juice therapy to promote optimal health... [and] if the juice therapy is intended for use as part of a disease treatment regimen instead of for the general wellness, the vegetable juice would also be subject to regulation as a drug under the Act." Translation: Raw vegetable juice will be regulated as a drug and must be FDA approved as a drug if it has any health effect whatsoever. Handing a cup of raw vegetable juice to someone and telling them it's good for the detoxification of their liver will get you arrested for practicing medicine without a license and promoting an "unapproved drug."

And: ..."biologically based practices" includes, but is not limited to, botanicals, animal-derived extracts, vitamins, minerals, fatty acids, amino acids, proteins, prebiotics and probiotics: whole diets, and "functional foods". ...a botanical product intended for use in treating a disease would generally be regulated as a drug." ..."functional foods" may be subject to FDA regulation as foods, dietary supplements, or drugs under the Act. Translation: All foods, supplements, super foods and functional foods may be reclassified as drugs by the FDA, then regulated off the market.

Like Adam says, "It is very clear that the FDA is intending to regulate and ultimately destroy the entire Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) industry." Based on the explanations in the FDA's own document, here is just a sample of the things likely to occur: a person growing and selling common garden herbs could be arrested as a drug dealer; whole foods, supplements, vitamins and homeopathic remedies could disappear from store shelves "pending FDA review" (processed junk foods and pharmaceuticals being left on the shelves, as they like it); therapeutic herbal teas outlawed and confiscated; vitamin store owners arrested and prosecuted for "practicing medicine without a license"; Americans with personal inventories of "unapproved drugs" (also known as vitamins and herbs) could have their homes raided and gunpoint and be treated like criminals by law enforcement agents.
It should be noted that the FDA is the same agency that: wants to label irradiated foods (radiation being a known danger) as "pasteurized," voted to put Vioxx back on the market after over 10,000 deaths, raided a church at gunpoint, confiscating biofeedback machines and charging that they were "practicing medicine" by counseling church members on issues like depression. The FDA openly allows known cancer-causing additives in processed foods. One would think that with the growing use of super foods, herbs and supplements what the FDA is really worried about is a serious outbreak of health!

To contact the FDA and let them know what you think of the proposed guidelines, be sure to include the docket number (Docket No. 2006D-0480) with your comments. You can write them at:

Dockets Management Branch (HFA-305)
5630 Fishers Lane, Room 1061
Rockville, MD 20852

Next, you can lodge your complaint against the FDA by commenting on this docket through the FDA's docket comment form by going to www.fda.gov. Click on "Comment on Proposed Regulations" (which is about halfway down the page and a bit to the left). You will see a box that has a title in it that says E-Comments. Click on the link that says "Submit Your Comments." Now you will see a list of proposed regulations on which you can send a comment. For this issue you want to click on the word "Go" on the right end of the row for 2006D-0480. This thing is really buried in there, folks, and not made easy to find. The regulations are NOT in any kind of numerical order. (At the time I registered my comment Docket No. 2006D-0480 was somewhere between 121 and 135 on the list.) If you think this is easier, you could go directly to the page to submit your comment at:
[www.accessdata.fda.gov]

Additionally, it will be helpful if you will write your Senator or Congressperson about this issue. Write the letter in your own words, even if it's just two sentences. Individual letters have a hundred times the impact of form letters. Finally, send this story to everyone you know. Spread the word. Raise the alarm. With enough public support, the FDA will be forced to back off this insane proposal.

If you wish to speak to someone at the FDA about this proposal, the following are phone numbers listed in the FDA document: Sheryl Lard-Whiteford at 301-827-0379; Daniel Nguyen at 301-827-8971; Ted Stevens at 301-594-1184; and Wayne Amchin at 301-827-6739.


see it here:  http://www.fda.gov/OHRMS/DOCKETS/98fr/06d-0480-gld0001.pdf

[harley89]

Hope it doesn't pass. What most people dont realize that in Europe and Asia natural medicine is more widely used than traditional medicine. I am a follower of Dr. Mark Stengler in California. He has great treatments  that I have used on myself and my husband.  I spend alot of time researching natural treatments. My Mother was recently told she has a small cancer area in her lung. I have been looking at supplements for her take to keep her energy and immune system up. I have read some interesting data on cancer and the use of kelp(seaweed).  I hope more people realize how important natural medicine is since alot of modern antiboticits are no longer effective.

[S/H/Z/G]

 :o !@#$

If they pass this they can come and arrest me for growing chamomile for tea.  The same for my mint I grow for tummy aches.  OMG will green tea be considered an illegal drug too?   := :OO  The gov't is trying to ruin our lives.  This has to be stopped.  I bet they even try to take away my chocolate that I use during certain times to take care of cravings!

I read the entire thing.  I'm not being ridiculous here.  These things I listed will happen if we let the gov't make the things listed in there to be categorized as drugs. 

What about oranges.  I eat them to deter sickness and to help me rid myself of sickness I might catch.  They'll be a drug too.  OMG...and strawberries...I eat them for the same purpose as oranges since they have just as much vitamin c.  They're gonna arrest me for growing strawberries.   :OO