Anything sold to the public should be subject to over site and regulation. However, the bureaucracy and interest driven process of the FDA is seriously flawed. Do you think that the lobbyists from Phizer and Glaxo/Smith are more interested in public health or the $25 billion in annual supplement sales?
That's my take on it too. I am generally for a laissez-faire market, with minimal regulation. I agree that independent research does need to be conducted to ensure the safety of a product. The problem is that, as you've eloquently stated, "bureaucracy and interest driven process of the FDA is seriously flawed."
This may be a cynical take on it but I think the real problem stems from our tendency to look to the govt to protect us from our own ignorance. They should, by all means, provide the information and then let people make their own decisions. Nannies are for children.
Amen. A lot of people have this false illusion and false sense of self-entitlement that the gov't should hold their hands through life, from cradle to grave. Anything less than self-reliance fosters dependency.
"Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it" -- Thomas Paine
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