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To: i-node who wrote (478823)	3/27/2012 3:37:12 AM
From: average joe	2 Recommendations Respond to of 793843

"owing mostly to a ridiculous Schedule I classification by the FDA." The system is more ridiculous than that. If I sold you an orange as a remedy for scurvy I could be arrested and sent to jail because federal guidelines mandate an orange is not a medicine and only a drug can make such a claim. "The disclaimer must also state that the dietary supplement product is not intended to "diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease," because only a drug can legally make such a claim." fda.gov