Guest guest Posted August 21, 2002 Report Share Posted August 21, 2002 I am posting this for Chris, since he obviously did not yet receive my OK to post to the list even though I gave it to him a couple of hours ago. The below is from Dr. McCain. Love, Doc I am sending this to you privately as I didn't know if it could be posted on the list. Thought it might be of interest. Chris --------------------------HERBAL HEALER ACADEMY UPDATEAUGUST, 2002DR. MARIJAH MCCAIN CALLSFOR PRAYER AND HELP!I am sorry to have to write this update, and I want you all to know this is NOT a publicity stunt, this is the real thing. I am beingpersonally sued by the Arkansas Attorney General's Office along with two other people in the State. They are saying that our correspondence classes are not allowed to train naturopathic physicians. (Of course we have never claimed that) They are also saying the ANMA is not authorized with the US Dept. of Education. (Noalternative correspondence school in the country is or has been) We have the ANMA helping us fight this one and hopefully this will help as we have been recognized by them for years and have graduated many students. Also they are charging me personally with fraud and here'squote from the papers they sent.. " I have advertised my serviceswhile using the abbreviations Dr., MD and N.D. This advertisement is unlawful, fraudulent, and has a high likelihood of misleading consumers as to the quality and degree of expertise associated with her services."Item 3 reads " The State also seeks to abate the public nuisance created as direct and proximate result of Defendants acts that are determined to the health, safety, security and welfare of the people of the State of Arkansas."Item 5 reads " The State seeks civil penalties from the Defendants for multiple violations of the Arkansas Deceptive Trade Practices Act,including but not limited to the fraudulent advertising, and offeringconsumers degrees in the discipline of naturopathic medicine through correspondence courses in selected medical fields."Now I have been a board certified naturopathic doctor for many yearsand have all the credentials and diplomas that I state I have. See my biography on HHA web site. I also have had Herbal Healer Academy since 1988 and been doing business in this state for that long without any problems. I have been selling my correspondence coursessince 1988 with no problems. We are hiring a lawyer and will fight this as best we can. This is a civil suit by the way.Secondly the FDA, who does address me as Dr. McCain, by the way, alsohas come after us regarding the web site again. This time they made us remove some descriptions of what some of the products are used for.We have been compliant on this. However what is alarming is the caliber of what they are picking at us on. For instance, they wantedremoved,a) HHA Glucosamine/Chondroitin - "This is our leading product for arthritis" That's all we saidb) MSM - "Outstanding supplement for skin disorders, allergies, infections, and more". Followed by a testimonial they also wanted removed - " I have had fibromyalgia and for six years I suffered withthis horrible painful problem. After taking MSM religiously for one month, I started feeling better! One morning I woke up feeling no pain!" Thank you - HHA Memberc) STOPSMO - (A Dr. Chi product from China) - "How it works is that you paint a small thin line of the herbal extract, using the applicator, on your cigarette and smoke it. If you are determined to quit, give this Chinese formula a try."I could go on, but my point here is that this is pretty alarming to say the least. If they will not allow testimonials, and they will not allow me to say anything about the products, then how are yougoing to know what they are used for. I have over 18 years experience with natural medicine and I am an authority on it, and my concern is for you. Where are you going to get good safe information on natural supplements from? Where are you going to find alternativesthat you might need to survive if they close Herbal Healer down and go after others like us?Also, the reason I cannot do the Ask The Naturopath on-line consultations, is due to the pressure from the government to notallow me to practice and give out my advice. They are trying to frame me into a situation where they can charge me with practicingmedicine without a medical license. Same thing on the telephones. Itis tragic and I am so sorry. Maybe somehow this can be changed?Needless to say I am heartbroken about this and I am sorry to have towrite this to you, but I do need your prayers and anything else youfeel guided to do. The FDA is under control as of now as we have comeinto compliance with their demands so far. But who is to say wewon't get another letter tomorrow and our web site will slowlydisappear. We still have 15 days to respond to the Arkansas AttorneyGenerals Office, and we plan on that in the next week or so. Here isthe Arkansas Attorney General Information -Mark Pryor323 Center Street, Suite 1100Little Rock, AR 72201(501) 682-8084web site is: http://www.ag.state.ar.usPlease pass this along anywhere you think it might help and please pray for us here, as the Herbal Healer Academy touches many manylives for the better everyday. Do whatever you can to help, it wouldbe greatly appreciated.You can e-mail me at herbalhealerincDr. Marijah McCain NDherbalhealer.com Dr. Ian Shillington505-772-5889Dr.IanShillington Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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