Non Fluffy Wicca: Federal Judge's Correct Ruling

It's about time that someone nailed the FDA on this stupid ban. Americans should be encouraged to do their own research on substances, and only then deciding whether those substances would be right for them. If the FDA can't protect say, someone like me who is allergic to sulfites from companies that ADD sulfites to their water, then fail to warn on a label, why do they think they should be interfering with herbal supplements that have clear warnings on them?
This decision blocks further encroachment into non medical, non food areas by the FDA in its attempts to keep the field clear for conventional medical practitioners and exclude all others, regardless of how many thousands of years they have been used, helping how many millions of individuals. None of that matters when a few people MISUSE the products and get hurt. The rest of us are supposed to suffer.

Kudos to this judge for saying "no" to that nonsense.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (AP) -- A federal judge has struck down the FDA ban on supplements containing ephedra, a weight-loss aid linked to dozens of deaths, but it's too early to tell whether the product will be back in stores anytime soon.

The judge Thursday ruled in favor of a Utah supplement company that challenged the Food and Drug Administration's year-old ban. Nutraceutical claimed that ephedra has been safely consumed for hundreds of years.

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Federal Judge's Correct Ruling