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Chris Gupta Dr. Robert Atkins' Health Reveations Cast your ballot for health freedom Dear Friend, You might not think much of a gubernatorial race in Nevada, unless, of course, you live there. But as the election season heats up, pay attention to the Nevada returns. They could be the bellwether of a movement to ensure your access to natural, nutritional, nonpharmaccutical medicine. Since its inception, the Food and Drug Administration has shown a ruthless disregard for the exercise of free choice regarding how to preserve our most cherished asset our health. In the time since Congress put a dent in the ability to control what supplement labels may claim, the agency's behavior has become more outrageous. The feds now try to punish the leaders of complementary medicine by engaging in protracted, costly legal battles-even when they know that no laws have been broken. There are dozens of examples. The case you might recognize is that of Dr. Stanislaw Bruzynski, a Texas cancer specialist whose patients came from all over the country. Proscribing his experimental cancer treatment was entirely legal, but transporting the drug across state lines was not, and the government spent millions in taxpayer dollars on a court ruling that held Burzynski liable. In all of these atrocities, the F&DA was abetted by the Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, and the U.S. Postal Service. All of them apparently see the marketing of vitamins as a crime. When and how, you may ask, did we relinquish our autonomy to the federal government? The answer is that we never did. The Constitution still protects (or is supposed to protect) the various states. In fact, as recently as this past June, the Supreme Court reaffirmed states' sovereignty against strong-arm attempts to enact or enforce any federal regulatory program. It's just that no governor has ever had the courage to say, "Our state is not willing to accept this edict." But that might change as soon as next year. Aaron Russo, the front-running candidate in the Nevada Republican primary, has picked up the cause. Russo has vowed that, if he is elected governor, the agency's restrictions will not be operative in Nevada. This should make the state a haven for alternative medicine. By just saying "no" to drug-based medicine, Nevadans, under a Gov. Russo, would set a precedent that other states might find appealing enough to follow. Such a campaign can't be popular with the political insiders who throw around the big money that's needed to fund campaign expenses, and the Russo coffers could use all the fattening that individual supporters can provide. I've made a contribution to support health freedom, and I urge you to donate whatever you can up to the legal limit of $5,000. The Aaron Russo for Governor campaign can be reached at P.O. Box 27740, Las Vegas, NV 89126. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to take a stand against the FDA's dictates. We might begin to change one of our government's greatest shortcomings. October 97 editorial
