Hi, everybody,

Thanks for allowing me to join and nice to meet all of you!
I was going to write and introduce myself a bit until I came across
something a friend emailed me that I want to pass along--The FDA is
about to make nutritional supplements inaccessible and there are only
8 days left to take action to stop it.

Sincerely,
Adam H.

Scott Darby <darby700@...> wrote:

Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 23:37:23 -0700 (PDT)
To: "Adam R. Huckins" <oakland_baseball@...>

The FDA is about to promulgate* a rule whereby all natural
supplements and substances, including water in some cases, will
become regulated drugs which you will be able to obtain only by
prescription from an allopathic doctor
(an M. D.) Your right to treat yourself, take what you want when
you want,
to control your own body in this way will be violated.

http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55403

This is quite an emergency. We need to call our Congresspersons
and Senators
quickly to stop this--and it absolutely has to be stopped. FDA
also has a comment period until May 29; the phone number is
1-800-216-7331.
The case docket number is 2006D-0480; it should be mentioned when
calling.
There is also a comment form at:


http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/oc/dockets/comments/COMMENTSMain.CFM?EC_DO\
CUMENT_ID=1451&SUBTYP=CONTINUE&CID=&AGENCY=FDA

All individual choice and natural treatment options will be gone
if this rule goes into
effect. The supplement industry that millions depend on for
natural health options
will go out of business almost overnight.
The supplements available then will only be ones made by
pharmaceutical
companies, and will likely be of extremely poor quality.

Phone numbers for your Reps. and Senators and the President are below,
or you can get them at at www.house.gov , www.senate.gov , and
www. whitehouse.gov

Even if the rule goes into effect, Congress can pass a law
overturning it at any time, so it's still very much worth
contacting your
representatives in Washington.


Call YOUR Congressman
at 866 340-9281
1-800-833-6354
1-877-762-8762
1-866-808-0065
1-888-355-3588
1-866-220-0044
NOW!

Call THE President
at 202 456-1111
NOW!
Find Your Elected Officials and
send a message from this web page:
http://capwiz.com/jbs/home/


Sample letter or email to Congress:

The FDA is about to promulgate* a rule whereby all natural
supplements and substances, including water in some cases, will
become regulated drugs which we will be able to obtain only by
prescription from an allopathic doctor
(an M. D.) Our right to treat ourselves, take what we want when
we want, to control our own body in this way will be violated.

This is quite an emergency, and it absolutely has to be stopped.
The case docket number is 2006D-0480

All individual choice and natural treatment options will be gone
if this rule goes into effect. The supplement industry that millions
depend on for natural health options will go out of business almost
overnight.
The supplements available then will only be ones made by
pharmaceutical companies, and will likely be of extremely poor quality.

Even if the rule goes into effect, Congress can pass a law
overturning it at any time. I ask that you introduce legislation
to stop the FDA from doing this, now or ever.

Sincerely,
(your name)



*Promulgation (of executive branch rules): an unconstitutional
process where Congress long ago illegally delegated its lawmaking
power to executive branch agencies, such as the FDA, which issue
regulations having the force of law.

The legislative power was granted to Congress in the Constitution,
not the Executive Branch, which the FDA is a part of. Congress should
make its OWN "comment" to the FDA!