The Freedom to Practice Alternative Medicines in Jeopardy again
Dr. Laibow at the Natural Solutions Foundation has posted an alert. The FDA is up to its old tricks, and trying to reclassify Natural Health Products as “Medicine” which will make it illegal to sell or purchase herbs and other natural supplements, and will only allow Doctors to prescribe them (which has resulted in some Doctors losing their licenses to practice.) The FDA Comment period on this action is open until April 30th, at which time the ruling will be made. Only a huge negative response to this action has a chance of stopping it. I, for one, don’t wish to take a step back toward the days of the Salem Witch Trials when every herbalist and wise woman was jailed.
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