October 22, 2007
This article is property of the
Ron Paul for President 2008
campaign. I am posting it here
because I believe that Dr. Ron Paul
is the only candidate that will
stand up to the FDA and their
attempts eliminate access to herbal
remedies ,in order to enhance their
profits from Big Pharma. The FDA
consistently restricts free speech
when it comes to herbalists
promoting natural remedies for any
condition.
Discover what Ron Paul
has done as a congressman. Imagine
what he will do as president.
When health freedom advocates need a
congressman to fight against
attempts to restrict access to
dietary supplements, they turn to
Dr. Ron Paul. Dr. Paul is the leader
in Washington who is not afraid to
fight the powerful special interests
that want to limit access to dietary
supplements.
When Dr. Paul learned the Food and
Drug Administration (FDA) was trying
to censor truthful health claims by
supplement manufacturers, he
introduced the Health Freedom
Protection Act (H.R. 2117).
"The Health Freedom Protection Act
will force the FDA to at last comply
with the commands of Congress, the
First Amendment, and the American
people by codifying the First
Amendment standards adopted by the
federal courts. Specifically, the
Health Freedom Protection Act stops
the FDA from censoring truthful
claims about the curative, mitigate,
or preventative effects of dietary
supplements, and adopts the federal
court's suggested use of disclaimers
as an alternative to censorship. The
Health Freedom Protection Act also
stops the FDA from prohibiting the
distribution of scientific articles
and publications regarding the role
of nutrients in protecting against
disease," Dr. Paul explained.
Our health freedom is also
threatened by attempts to
"harmonize" American laws with those
of other countries, thus forcing
Americans to live under
European-style restrictions of
dietary supplements. Dr. Paul worked
to add language to the 1997 FDA
Modernization Act forbidding the FDA
from harmonizing our rules with
those of any other nation.
The primary instrument of
"harmonization" is the Codex
Alimentarius Commission, a group of
international bureaucrats who are
developing "health care standards"
for the
United Nations and the
World Trade Organization. The FDA is
an enthusiastic participant in the
Codex process.
When Dr. Paul learned the Central
American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA)
contained language that might
facilitate the imposition of Codex's
restrictive standards on American
consumers, he informed his
congressional colleagues of this
danger with a series of letters. In
addition, Dr. Paul sponsored several
briefings on the issue.
More recently, Dr. Paul has shown
how the FDA is working with its
counterparts in
Canada and
Mexico on a Trilateral
Cooperation charter that could
"harmonize" regulation of dietary
supplements among the three
countries. Dr. Paul led a
congressional inquiry into the
Trilateral Cooperation, forcing the
FDA to go on record about its
involvement in the Trilateral
charter.
As a congressman for 10 terms, Dr.
Ron Paul has fought to protect your
health freedom. Imagine what he will
do as president.
