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Posts: 32 03/27/08 5:13 PM	Tags : None Dr. Ruwart has probably written more about the FDA than on any single topic. Of course, as a research scientist in pharmaceuticals for most of her adult life, she has enormous first hand experience of the effects of the FDA on the development of new cures (short answer: it either delays or destroys them). She was nominated by Ron Paul in 2002 to be FDA Commissioner, and her program to reform it was, of course, essentially to end all of the coercive elements and allow the voluntary sector of society provide the non-coercive ones. She addressed medical research in a free society in her Ask Dr Ruwart column at: http://www.theadvocates.org/ruwart/questions_maint.php?s_keyword=FDA&id=83 She addressed the Thalidomide tragedy that led to the 1962 Kefauver-Harris Amendments (the source of most of the coercive powers of the FDA) at: http://www.theadvocates.org/ruwart/questions_maint.php?s_keyword=FDA&id=173 She also devotes an entire chapter of Healing Our World to the FDA. While I strongly recommend purchase of the 2003 edition of the book, which has more up-to-date information and research to support the case for a separation of medication and state: an older version is online, and Chapter 6: Protecting Ourselves To Death is available at: http://www.ruwart.com/Healing/chap6.html The online version doesn't contain the results of her more recent study demonstrating quite convincingly that the FDA regulations killed more than 4.7 million people between 1963 and 1999, and at most might have saved fewer than 100,000. Finally, although I don't expect she will make it a centerpiece of her campaign, because she has always respected the coalition status of the LP, and the party doesn't yet have an official position on patents, her writings on the totally non-political Advocates for Self-Government web site makes clear that she doesn't believe drug patents would exist in a free society: http://www.theadvocates.org/ruwart/questions_maint.php?s_keyword=FDA&id=86 I would strongly urge people who want more information on her positions on health care to go to www.askdrruwart.com (there is a search box at the bottom of the page) and browse the many answers on the topic that she has provided over the years. Last Edited By: Less Antman 03/27/08 9:10 PM. Edited 1 time.
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Posts: 18 03/27/08 7:42 PM	Mary and I had spoken (back in 2004 at the Atlanta LP convention, I believe) about the existence and role of various non-mainstream health, longevity and preventive medicine movements, and I discovered that we both are members of the Life Extension Foundation (LEF). William Falloon, who says he is a libertarian and is the (I think) president of LEF, dedicated a great deal of an issue of their monthly magazine in late 2001 toward the idea (and support) of Mary Ruwart becoming the FDA Commissioner. In fact, with LEF being based in Ft. Lauderdale, I invited Mr. Falloon and whoever in LEF is interested, to come to the Libertarian Party of Florida's convention, as Mary will be there (March 29th). We shall see if anyone from LEF comes. One other interesting point . . . Mary Ruwart supports a laissez-faire approach to health and medicine, and Mike Gravel, who wants to be our nominee for president supports some form of "universal health care" are both vying for the same party nomination. Lord help us if Gravel gets the nomination. SJL Last Edited By: Freedhwy 03/27/08 7:44 PM. Edited 1 time.
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Posts: 32 03/27/08 9:19 PM	Freedhwy wrote: Mary and I had spoken (back in 2004 at the Atlanta LP convention, I believe) about the existence and role of various non-mainstream health, longevity and preventive medicine movements, and I discovered that we both are members of the Life Extension Foundation (LEF). William Falloon, who says he is a libertarian and is the (I think) president of LEF, dedicated a great deal of an issue of their monthly magazine in late 2001 toward the idea (and support) of Mary Ruwart becoming the FDA Commissioner. In fact, with LEF being based in Ft. Lauderdale, I invited Mr. Falloon and whoever in LEF is interested, to come to the Libertarian Party of Florida's convention, as Mary will be there (March 29th). We shall see if anyone from LEF comes. One other interesting point . . . Mary Ruwart supports a laissez-faire approach to health and medicine, and Mike Gravel, who wants to be our nominee for president supports some form of "universal health care" are both vying for the same party nomination. Lord help us if Gravel gets the nomination. SJL I wouldn't worry about Gravel getting the nomination: the single payer health care wing of the LP is rather small. At the same time, just as I welcomed Bob Barr into the LP while believing his journey to libertarianism still had a ways to go, I give Gravel credit for recognizing that the LP is not a brand of conservatism, but in many ways is the sane center in a world where the choice offered between the left-wing and right-wing parties is Your Money or Your Life. Last Edited By: Less Antman 03/27/08 9:24 PM. Edited 2 times.
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Posts: 18 03/28/08 12:40 AM	I think we agree substantially. I like Gravel on several issues, but universal health care is a deal breaker, just as is some form of "world government" which (I have heard) he supports. However, I agree that libertarianism is not a brand of conservatism . . . it really has roots in liberalism; enlightenment liberalism, not modern welfare state liberalism. I believe that this is why conservatives like Barr have trouble with embracing the full meaning and breadth of libertarianism. Hopefully he will come along, just as I hope Root does as well. Both, IMHO, are not nearly ready to be the standard bearer for the LP.
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Posts: 32 03/28/08 7:18 AM	I couldn't have said it better. While we should welcome into the party anyone who accepts the fundamental principle of non-aggression, our most visible advocate must be someone who is comfortable with the COMPLETE vision of a society based on mutual respect for life and property.
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