The FDA recently announced that it plans to prohibit sales of products containing ephedra, a stimulant sold primarily for weight loss. What do you think?
“If they ban ephedra, they’re just going to drive fat people out into the streets for their weight-loss fix.”
Donald Clark • Systems Analyst
“This is bullshit. I contacted the FDA after my cousin swallowed three wooden blocks and died, and you still see those on the market.”
Alan King • Unemployed
“Well, for now, I can get along fine with bitter orange, royal jelly, and the lichen derivative usnic acid.”
Steve Hernandez • Cook
“How terrible! Americans have no other options for weight-loss products.”
Martha Nelson • Product Tester
“You can ban the drug ephedra, but you’ll never be able to ban what ephedra stands for.”
Angela Hall • Teacher
“Why is it always the drugs that suffer when people get hurt?”
Gregory Green • Professor
