Cav's Place

I’m sure that everyone interested has already seen this coming, and here it is. And if you’re not from the USA and think that’s just their problem, think again. Unfortunately, EU member states have it even worse, but it’s passing under the radar since it won’t come into full effect until 2010.

This is, of course, another way for the rich to get richer at the expense of the rest of the world. Or at least to stay as rich as they are. They don’t like what might happen to their accounts in a few years (coincidentally, around the time the Codex will come into full effect), when the patents for the most widely used drugs in the world will expire.
Who cares that cures for most conditions that aren’t immediately life-treathening (and that’s a condition only because such treatments tend to need a bit of time to start working) already exist in nature? Who cares that alternative therapies offer those cures with far fewer negative side effects than the drugs and modern medical procedures with the same properties, or even with no negative side effects at all? Who cares that such treatments give people hope, which may be more valuable in the case of serious conditions than any chemical or procedure? Who cares that people should have the right to decide how they want to treat themselves?

Well, it’s time to show them that they might not, but we do! Go to that site, read what it says, then follow the link to send a comment to the FDA, even if you’re not from the USA. You might also want to check out this site and wonder how come there wasn’t such a determined organization fighting against it in Europe as well.
Let’s start by preventing what damage can still be prevented (in the US), then get working on fixing that already done (in the EU). Then maybe, just maybe, we won’t need a prescription for vitamins, juice or even tea come 2010… Because if they won’t be stopped, we’d all better start working on those gardens and get ready to become criminals.