The unregulated herbal and alternative remedies industry kills people too.Im_Dooomed wrote:
OH?? So its good that the FDA regulates companies who make drugs that KILL PEOPLE? I really LOVE that long list of side-effects that comes with the drugs that our FDA regulates. You do know that they test drugs on people right? And people die from these drugs right?Scorpion0x17 wrote:
Whereas, the pharmaceutical industry is heavily regulated, by bodies like the FDA, and though they some times get things wrong, it does mean that the industry can not make false claims or put out bogus products without facing some (relatively) harsh penalties.
You think THAT is better then natural remedies that may not be regulated sure, but at least they don't kill people.
At least with pharma they are regulated and lessons are learnt.
Rather than, as is the situation with herbal and alternatives, being allowed to go on selling utter bullshit to the vulnerable and the sick.
Don't get me wrong - I'm neither anti-herbal not pro-pharma. Both have their problems. Both need their acts cleaning up. Both are the victims of a few bad apples in otherwise good barrels.