If the below is true, we will all need some kind of boilerplate
legalese preface and postscript to everything we write. Perhaps a
sympathetic attorney will help us to find such terms as we will
require. But if the FDA oversteps their bounds, I think we can count
on the ACLU to step in to support us: we have First Amendment freedoms
that many people will fight to defend.
I do not believe that we can be constrained from sharing information on
lists such as this one. We should state clearly that we are not MDs
and can not give medical advice, but that we know such and such or
have heard such and such, and proceed in that manner.
These are Constitutionally protected freedoms. . . .
JBB
On Friday, Nov 21, 2003, at 20:25 Asia/Tokyo, M. G. Devour wrote:
If the below is true, then we'll all be in trouble sooner or later.
Before everyone panics, can anybody suggest a way to verify the tale
being told by this allegedly sympathetic attorney?
Be well,
Mike D.
----- Original Message -----
From: Dominie Bush
To: Theresa
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 2:08 AM
Subject: Death of the newsletter and my FMS/CFIDS website??
Dear Newsletter Readers,
1. I was contacted today by a leading attorney whose job it is to
warn those
who give advice related to health conditions on the internet. This
is now illegal,
unless you are a medical doctor. My website at
http://www.fms-help.com is not
in compliance with FTC regulations.
2. Beginning Jan. 1, 2004, the FTC will begin a "sting operation"
where someone
will email or call to ask for help with a health problem. Should the
kind-hearted
soul reply with some advice, they can be fined $250,000--yep, that's
a quarter
of a million dollars(!) if they are not a medical doctor. I asked
the attorney
if the FTC would sue companies or individuals and was told that the
FTC isn't
putting up with it anymore and that individuals will be sued.
[Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian]
[[email protected] ]
[Speaking only for myself... ]
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