Lobby Groups ** FDA Control of CAM ?? ** The Sweaky Wheel Gets The Grease

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Hey Susan,

 

>>A recap to my rambling would be:

>>

>>1. I don't think we should do nothing .. but I don't think we should

>>get our hopes too high that we will win on this one.

>>

>>2. I don't think it is wise to support lobby groups that piss off the

>>gummit .. activists are not very good at lobbying .. successful lobby

>>groups know how to get what they want from the gummit without making

>>themselves appear as enemies. Funny it is that activists are the

>>first to demand negotiation and diplomacy before war with foreign

>>countries but they will choose war before negotiation or diplomacy

>>when dealing with their own gummit.

>

> response:

> Butch, what should we do? Who's bandwagon can we jump on? How can

> the little guy get in there and fight this?

 

I hate to sound like I have given up but at this point I don't see

that there is much we can do BEFORE the fact .. there is probably more

to be done AFTER the fact. We can write to our elected reps but they

don't read our letters .. their staffers do. If a staffer is an

Aromatherapy Practitioner on the side then maybe the politician will

see the letter.

 

Now, protests are coming from folks who appear to have vested

financial interests in seeing regulations squashed .. or those who

support these people .. so the opposition (gummit) can say there is a

certain lack of credibility in those protests. When I read the

proposed regs I don't see them taking away our right to sniff EO or

use herbs .. I see them tightening up the common practice of many

today who practice medicine without a license. Many folks have said

for a long time that the antics of Young Living will someday result in

gummit control of Alternative & Complementary Health modalities .. I

hate to use the term Alternative & Complementary Medicine .. though

that is what the FDA is calling it .. because there is no way to

counter them if you use such terms.

 

Efforts to counter incorrect gummit regulations on what can NOT be

used are a different matter .. that is what has happened in some cases

in the EU. Those decisions are based on misinformation and hidden

agendas and attempts to counter them have been ongoing in the EU for

some time now .. and I believe Martin will agree that very little

progress has been made BEFORE the fact .. but some progress was made

later in having some of the regs overturned in the courts.

 

I'm still not convinced that what the FDA can do is as critical to

Health Freedom as some have interpreted the actions to be .. again, I

don't think they can enforce their regs even if they do get them

approved and on paper. A lot of what the FDA and many other gummit

agencies do is designed to cover their butts .. and enforcement of

these regs is not usually a matter of priority .. but they are there

in case they want to use them against someone on an individual basis.

 

Lately, I have been more concerned about the environment and what the

gummit is NOT doing than I am about what they think they can do by

passing ridiculous laws to micromanage Complementary and Alternative

Health programs .. if they want to micromanage Complementary and

Alternative MEDICINE programs .. that is another matter. I am sorta

thinking that this is what it is really all about.

 

> Susan

> www.triorganics.com

 

Y'all keep smiling. :-) Butch http://www.AV-AT.com