Oh my science!
Nice post, Stan. Here’s an excerpt:
With all of this panic in the air, I did what it appears none of the teeth-gnashers have done. I took a look at the C-51 proposals myself. And what I found was far from the police state, panic-inducing cause for national alarm that I had read from many, many different sources. Instead, I found what appeared to be an effort to better regulate the myriad “natural,” “homeopathic” and/or “holistic” supplements, balms, tinctures, elixirs, devices, and other ephemera that currently occupy the same shelf space as tested and regulated items like antacids, analgesics, anti-inflammatories, and laxatives. Heck, Aspirin faces more regulation and scrutiny than a “magnetic” bracelet that’s supposed to “cure” a number and variety of illnesses and conditions. Aspirin! C-51 appears to wish to curb the more outrageous promises (ie. the bad science) made by the purveyors of such devices and supplements, and to highly encourage, if not force, such claims to be tested in regulated, consistent clinical trials, just as new drugs are tested.
