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Dr. Ron Paul, a USA Congressman, has hit the nail on the head - he

has focused the issue of CODEX and the harmonizing regulations of the

WTO and complicit FDA (and Health Canada) with expert accuracy and

precision. " The real issue is: Who decides, the individual or the

state? This is the central question in almost every political issue.

In free societies, individuals decide what medical treatments or

health supplements are appropriate for them. " Ron Paul

In other words, in free societies, the consumer decides the

marketplace by his/her choices. In dictatorships, this is turned

upside-down, in that the marketplace is dictated by the Siamese-twins

of Government-Corporate collusion via " regulation " , and the parameters

of consumer choice become non-existent. CODEX is the final step in

this 100 year-old battle to remove " citizen independence " in the area

of health and medice. The first Medical Acts around 1910 already

contained the statement that it is illegal for citizens " to diagnose,

cure or PREVENT a disease " .

Since it has become an indisputable scientific FACT that nutrition is

the best PREVENTION and CURE of disease, the owners of the

" sickness-industry " are determined to remove this ECONOMIC THREAT to

their MONOPOLY CONTROL over the health-sickness arena by regulating

these nutrients " out of the open marketplace " and under the

pharmaceutical umbrella, where these nutrients become their property

and they can exercise control over their availability. CODEX is

nothing more than " removing of all competition " . The issue is neither

" safety " nor " protection " . Beware, for " He who protects you

completely also OWNS you completely " i.h.

The first question that should be asked is " Why is a TRADE ASSOCIATION

(the WTO) determining HEALTH criteria and MEDICAL policy? " Secondly,

" Why is the government practicing medicine? " Thirdly, why is the

government selling its citizens to corporate control?.

As Dr. Ron Paul previously pointed out, " When we give government the

power to make medical decisions for us, we, in essence, accept that

the state owns our bodies. " ~U.S.Representative Ron Paul, MD,

" Owning people " is the definition of slavery. CODEX, in essence,

demands citizen-slavery to BIG PHARMA, BIG MEDICINE and BIG

GOVERNMENT. CODEX policy makes it very clear that nutritional

supplements may not be used to " cure or prevent disease " . We are

already witnessing the extension of this monopoly - namely the concept

of " mandatory " medication, with non-compliance constituting a felony.

(Parents are already losing their children to the State for

non-compliance - called " medical negligence " . (Read the Emergency

Provisions of the PATRIOT ACT!) That says it all! Let's call a

spade a spade - and focus in on the REAL ISSUE. This is a battle for

survival as a free people!

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Dietary Supplements and Health Freedom

Congressman Ron Paul, MD

 

April 25, 2005

 

Millions of Americans take dietary supplements every day, and the

numbers are growing as the Baby Boom generation ages. More and more

Americans understandably are frustrated with our government-controlled

health care system. They have concluded that vitamins, minerals, and

other supplements might help them stay healthy and less dependent on

the system. They use supplements because they can buy them freely at

stores and research them freely on the internet, without government

interference in the form of doctors, prescriptions, HMOs, and

licenses. In other words, they use supplements because they are

largely free to make their own choices, in stark contrast to the

conventional medical system.

 

But we live in an era of unbridled government regulation of both our

personal lives and the economy, and Food and Drug administration

bureaucrats burn to regulate supplements in the same manner as

prescription drugs.

 

The health nannies insist that many dietary supplements are untested

and unproven, and therefore dangerous. But the track record for

FDA-approved drugs hardly inspires confidence. In fact, far more

Americans have died using approved pharmaceuticals than supplements.

Not every dietary supplement performs as claimed, but neither does

every FDA drug.

 

The FDA simply gives people a false sense of security, while crowding

out private watchdog groups that might provide truly disinterested

consumer information. It fosters a complacent attitude and a lack of

personal responsibility among people who assume a government stamp of

approval means a drug must be safe, and that they need not study a

drug before taking it.

 

The FDA, like all federal agencies, ultimately uses its regulatory

powers in political ways. Certain industries and companies are

rewarded, and others are punished. No regulatory agency is immune

from politics, which is why the FDA should not be trusted with power

over our intimate health care decisions.

 

The real issue is not whether supplements really work, or whether FDA

drugs really are safe. The real issue is: Who decides, the individual

or the state? This is the central question in almost every political

issue. In free societies, individuals decide what medical treatments

or health supplements are appropriate for them.

 

Over the past decade the American people have made it clear they do

not want the federal government to interfere with their access to

dietary supplements. In 1994, Congress bowed to overwhelming public

pressure and passed the Dietary Supplements and Health and Education

Act, which liberalized the rules regarding the regulation of dietary

supplements. Congressional offices received a record number of

comments in favor of the Act, which demonstrates how strongly

Americans feel about health freedom.

 

The FDA simply has thumbed its nose at Congress and ignored the new

rules in many instances, by attempting to suppress information about

health supplements. But in 1999 a federal appellate court affirmed

that the American people have a First Amendment right to such

information without interference from the FDA. However, members of

Congress have had to intervene with the FDA on several occasions to

ensure that they followed the court order.

 

My regular listeners already know about another looming threat to

dietary supplement freedom. The Codex Alimentarius Commission, an

offshoot of the United Nations, is working to " harmonize " food and

supplement rules between all nations of the world. Under Codex rules,

even basic vitamins and minerals will require a doctor's prescription.

As Europe moves ever closer to adopting Codex standards, it becomes

more likely that the World Trade Organization will attempt to force

those standards on the United States. This is yet another example of

how the WTO threatens American sovereignty. By cooperating with

Codex, the FDA is blatantly ignoring the will of Congress and the

American people.

 

http://www.house.gov/paul/tst/tst2005/tst042505.htm