Utah’s looking better and better to me all the time.
But then again, I never was a fan of the FDA:
A federal judge in Utah on Thursday struck down a Food and Drug Administration ban on the herbal supplement ephedra, an adrenalinelike stimulant linked to dozens of deaths.
The ruling, by Judge Tena Campbell of Federal District Court, calls into question whether the F.D.A. can enforce its ban on ephedra anywhere in the United States, though the ruling’s immediate effect is restricted to Utah. It also prompted calls on Capitol Hill for legislation to crack down on the supplements industry.
Saying that the drug agency had failed to prove that ephedra at low doses was dangerous, and that it lacked the authority to ban the substance without such proof, Judge Campbell called for the F.D.A. to devise new rules for ephedra.
Nice.
Via Trent McBride at Catallarchy.
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