Fwd: Tyranny over natural health supplements eminent: May 29 ACT NOW!

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Tyranny over natural health

supplements eminent: May 29 ACT NOW!

 

 

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The FDA is about to

promulgate* a rule whereby all natural supplements and substances,

including water in some cases, will become regulated drugs which

you will be able to obtain only by prescription from an allopathic

doctor

(an M. D.) Your right to treat yourself, take what you want

when you want, to control your own body in this way will be

violated.

This is quite

an emergency. We need

to call our Congresspersons and Senators quickly to stop this--and it

absolutely has to be stopped. FDA also has a comment period until

May 29; the phone number is 1-800-216-7331.

The case docket number is 2006D-0480; it should be mentioned when

calling.

There is also a comment form at:

 

http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/oc/dockets/comments/COMMENTSMain.CFM?EC_DOCUMENT_ID=1451 & SUBTYP=CONTINUE & CID= & AGENCY=FDA

 

All individual choice and natural treatment options will be gone if this

rule goes into effect. The supplement industry that millions depend

on for natural health options will go out of business almost

overnight.

The supplements available then will only be ones made by pharmaceutical

companies, and will likely be of extremely poor quality.

You can get contact info for your Reps. and Senators at

www.house.gov and

www.senate.gov .

Even if the rule goes into effect, Congress can pass a law

overturning it at any time, so it's still very much worth contacting your

representatives in Washington.

*Promulgation (of executive branch rules): an unconstitutional process

where Congress long ago illegally delegated its lawmaking power to

executive branch agencies, such as the FDA, which issue regulations

having the force of law.

The legislative power was granted to Congress in the Constitution, not

the Executive Branch, which the FDA is a part of. Do not limit your

response to the unconstitutional " comment " to the FDA!

 

 

Call YOUR Congressman

at 866 340-9281

1-800-833-6354

1-877-762-8762

1-866-808-0065

1-888-355-3588

1-866-220-0044

NOW!

 

 

 

Call THE President

 

at 202 456-1111

NOW!

Find Your

Elected Officials and

send a

message from this web page:

 

http://capwiz.com/jbs/home/

 

 

Sample letter or email to

Congress:

 

The FDA is about to promulgate* a rule whereby all natural supplements

and substances, including water in some cases, will become

regulated drugs which we will be able to obtain only by prescription from

an allopathic doctor

(an M. D.) Our right to treat ourselves, take what we want

when we want, to control our own body in this way will be

violated.

This is quite

an emergency, and it

absolutely has to be stopped. FDA also has a comment period until

May 29; the phone number is 1-800-216-7331.

The case docket number is 2006D-0480

There is also a comment form at:

 

http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/oc/dockets/comments/COMMENTSMain.CFM?EC_DOCUMENT_ID=1451 & SUBTYP=CONTINUE & CID= & AGENCY=FDA

 

All individual choice and natural treatment options will be gone if this

rule goes into effect. The supplement industry that millions depend

on for natural health options will go out of business almost

overnight.

The supplements available then will only be ones made by pharmaceutical

companies, and will likely be of extremely poor quality.

Even if the rule goes into effect, Congress can pass a law

overturning it at any time

*Promulgation (of executive branch rules): an unconstitutional process

where Congress long ago illegally delegated its lawmaking power to

executive branch agencies, such as the FDA, which issue regulations

having the force of law.

The legislative power was granted to Congress in the Constitution, not

the Executive Branch, which the FDA is a part of. Congress should make

its OWN " comment " to the FDA!

 

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Dietary Supplements and Health Freedom

by Rep.

Ron Paul, MD

by Rep.

Ron Paul, MD

 

 

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.

 

April 26, 2005

 

Dr. Ron Paul is a Republican member of Congress from

Texas.

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