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GHOE NOTE: This article references Congressional action in 2003-2004. Because of your response, Congress backed down and Senate Bill S-722 did not go through and died in 2004. Congratulations!! We won this one folks!! One small victory in the ongoing war on our health freedom. However, the information below more than likely will become valid again as it appears the Senate will be trying something like this again sometime during 2005 or 2006, with the backing of the pharmaceutical lobby. If this happens, we will post it here. We are leaving this article up so you know exactly what Congress would LIKE to do. With military precision the pharmaceutical industry and medical monopoly have created and launched two new guided missiles to blow away competing herbal and alternative health products and practitioners. The target is the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA). The first missile is Senate bill S-722. On March 26, 2003, Sen. Richard Durbin (D - IL) introduced S-722. Cosponsor is Charles Schumer (D - NY). On precisely the same date, March 26, 2003, the Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA) launched the second missile. It published a lead editorial entitled The Need For Regulation of Dietary Supplements. It insists that: "If dietary supplements have or promote......biological activity, they should be considered to be active drugs." (See JAMA 3/26/03, Vol 289 No. 12) The old AMA/FDA argument, which was rejected by Congress in 1994, was that every true health claim turned dietary supplements into drugs. The new AMA/FDA strategy is that if herbs have biological activity they must be regulated by the FDA as active drugs. Well, DUH!! Virtually ALL herbs and other dietary supplements have some biological activity. And some have far more and some far less than others do. S-722 and AMA pretend they are only targeting those herbs with so much biological activity that they produce "Adverse Experiences". Durbin misleadingly calls his bills "The Dietary Supplement Safety Act of 2003". It is no accident that S-722 and the AMA editorial appeared on the same day. A similar European Directive is making its way through the European Union (EU) Parliment. If we kill S-722 it will slow down the global bill. Article Continued In Next Column Your Health Freedom May Be At Risk! Check Our CODEX/Activism Section | Main Articles Page | |
Following are links to
2 form letters you can print out. PLEASE PRINT THESE OUT, sign it
and mail or fax it to BOTH U.S. Senators from your state. Make extra copies
for friends and families. Please send copies of any replies you receive
to Clinton Ray Miller, 139 Northmont Road, Statesville NC 28625. FAX 704-924-8615
Clinton Ray Miller is the Nature's Sunshine Products Health Freedom Legislative Advocate. GHOE Note: All of us that use and believe in nutritional supplements must understand that the AMA and the pharmaceutical companies want ALL supplements under their control. It is not a health decision, it is a BUSINESS decision. And these attacks will not stop in the foreseeable future. This bill, if passed, would put virtually ALL herb and vitamin supplements under FDA and AMA control. FDA would be able to pull from the market place and and/or all supplements, herbs, etc. in a split second!! Of course, with the backing of the AMA. Imagine having to get a prescription for Vitamin C! Please, you must become involved. It is easy to do. Just print out the following forms, make copies, sign them and send them in now!! Time is of the essence. Form #1, Form #2. For more information on this and other legislative attempts to curtail your freedom to choose, see: The
Coalition for Natural Health
- a grassroots trade organization committed to advancing natural health
and consumer access to traditional naturopathy. Objectives are to (a)
educate the public as to the true meaning and benefits of naturopathy,
(b) educate legislators as to the difference between true naturopathy,
naturopathic medicine and regulation designed to protect the consumer
versus monopolistic licensing laws, (c) repeal and prevent legislation
prohibiting true natural health consultants from practicing, and (d) fight
to keep natural health and true naturopathy in the public domain. California Health Freedom Coalition - An all volunteer organization composed of practitioners and consumers of complementary and alternative health services. The CHFA was the driving force behind the passage of the California Senate bill SB577. Minnesota Natural Health Coalition - Working to ensure freedom of access to natural health care. Your Health Freedom May Be At Risk! Check Our CODEX/Activism Section | Main Articles Page | |
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