REPLY at bottom,
Joel
"Mark Probert" <Mark Probert@lumbercartel.com> wrote in message
news:Ko78e.1673$V02.1514@fe08.lga... "Anneke Andriessen" <anneke.a@tisacali.nl> wrote in message news:42603fdd$0$44064$5fc3050@dreader2.news.tiscal i.nl... "The Real Tom" <tom @ www.Love-Calculators.com> wrote in message news:94pv51lj8n52v6p666sbg3lcclhr9o2b1n@4ax.com... On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 19:48:28 -0600, Ilena Rose <ilena@san.rr.com> wrote: >Judge strikes down FDA ban on ephedra > >http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7504443/ > >Hmmmmmmmmmm > >----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- >http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups >----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- Wow, didn't see this coming with all the negative press it got a few years back. Gunna check out the article... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephedra Check out this as well. Why have a judge do a job like this? For the lazy... "According to the FDA, 155 deaths can be blamed on Ephedra, most of them related to cardiac problems and strokes. However, many advocates of
Ephedra maintain that it is safe when used as directed, and continue to regard it
as a dietary supplement rather than as a drug. Health food store GNC banned ephedra-containing products in June 2003, and the National Football League banned players from using it as a dietary supplement in 2001. Ephedrine is considered a performance-enhancing drug and is prohibited in most competitive athletics."
So far, ephedra is not classified as a drug but as a food supplement. I
believe the difference would be that for the FDA to ban ephedra (as a food)
they themselves must establish harm, which can be tricky. If its a drug,
then the manufacturer must establish safety, the opposite side of the same
coin!
The FDA accepts a certain amount of possible harm in the risk/benefit
category. Hey! Even people who go in for wisdom tooth removal occasionally
do not wake up!
Joel
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